• буть(butʹ)
• би́ти(býty) —archaic or dialectal

FromOld East Slavicбꙑти(byti), fromProto-Slavic*byti. Theu in the infinitive and past tense was probably influenced by the future tense. ComparePannonian Rusynбуц(buc) as well as (rare and possibly hyper-corrected)Old Novgorodianбуть(butĭ) for the infinitive andBelarusianбыць(bycʹ) for the senses.

• (Standard Ukrainian)IPA^(key):[ˈbute]

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• (Galician-Bukovian)IPA^(key):/ˈbutɪ/,[ˈbu̯͡o̝t̪ɘ],[bu̯͡ʊt̪ɘ],[bʷo̝t̪ɘ],[bʷʊt̪ɘ]
• (Carpathian)IPA^(key):/ˈbɯtɪ/,[bʷɯ̞t̪ɪ]

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бу́ти• (búty) impf

1. tobe

   У ме́неє пита́ння ―U méneje pytánnja ―I have a question.

   Вінбув до́бре відо́мий на ба́тьківщині. ―Vinbuv dóbre vidómyj na bátʹkivščyni. ―He was well known in his homeland.

2. (auxiliary, future tense)used to form the future tense of imperfect verbs

   Бу́ду роби́ти ―Búdu robýty ―I will be doing.

   Жи́тибу́де ―Žýtybúde ―He/She/It will live (be living).

3. (auxiliary, past tense)used to form the pluperfect tense

   Ябув сказа́в / Ябула́ сказа́ла ―Jabuv skazáv / Jabulá skazála ―I had said

   Вона́ пила́була́ ―Voná pylábulá ―She had been drinking

   • 1991 August 24,Акт проголошення незалежності України (Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)‎^[1]:

     Виходячи із смертельної небезпеки, яка навислабула над Україною в зв'язку з державним переворотом в СРСР 19 серпня 1991 року,

     Vyxodjačy iz smertelʹnoji nebezpeky, jaka navyslabula nad Ukrajinoju v zvʺjazku z deržavnym perevorotom v SRSR 19 serpnja 1991 roku,

     Coming from the mortal danger, whichhad hung over Ukraine in connection with the state coup in the USSR on August 19, 1991,

• Omitted in the present tense except in the third-person singular "є", which is used occasionally to express possession or definition or for emphasis.
• To express A=B (to indicate that the subject and object are the same), in the present tense, the verb is omitted and— can be used, e.g.:

  мій брат — вчи́тель ―mij brat — včýtelʹ ―My brother is a teacher

• "—" is not used when the subject is a pronoun, e.g.:

  я студе́нт ―ja studént ―I am a student

• Omitted in the present tense to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal

  вона́ вродли́ва ―voná vrodlýva ―she is beautiful

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “бу́ти”, inСловарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 1:А – Н, Berlin:Ukrainske Slowo, page158
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бу́ти”, inСловник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1(а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka,→ISBN