byś
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *byti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɨɕ/
- Rhymes: -ɨɕ
- Syllabification: byś
Verb
byś impf
- to be
Conjugation
Conjugation of byś
| Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | som | smej | smy |
| 2nd person | sy | stej | sćo |
| 3rd person | jo | stej | su |
| Present negative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | njejsom | njejsmej | njejsmy |
| 2nd person | njejsy | njejstej | njejsćo |
| 3rd person | njejo | njejstej | njejsu |
| Future | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | buźom / budu | buźomej | buźomy |
| 2nd person | buźoš | buźotej | buźośo |
| 3rd person | buźo | buźotej | budu |
| Passive | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | buch | buchmej | buchmy |
| 2nd person | bu | buštej | bušćo |
| 3rd person | bu | buštej | buchu |
| Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | běch | běchmej | běchmy |
| 2nd person | běšo | běštej | běšćo |
| 3rd person | běšo | běštej | běchu |
| Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 2nd person | buź | buźtej | buźćo |
- Participles
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921) “byś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), volume 1, St. Petersburg: ОРЯС РАН, page 102; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “byś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɘɕ
- Syllabification: byś
- Homophone: Byś
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
byś
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Conjunction
byś
Further reading
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “byś”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372