• być —Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited fromMiddle Belarusianбыти(byti), fromOld East Slavicбꙑти(byti), fromProto-Slavic*byti.

• IPA^(key): [bɨt͡sʲ]
• Rhymes:-ɨt͡sʲ

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• Hyphenation:быць

быць• (bycʹ) impf

1. tobe
2. (auxiliary, future tense)used to form the future tense of imperfect verbs
3. (auxiliary, past tense)used to form the pluperfect tense of perfect verbs

   Ён пайшо́ў быў куды́сьці ―Jon pajšów byw kudýsʹci ―He had gone somewhere

• It is omitted in the present tense except in the third-person singularёсць, which is used either to emphasise the existence of the subject, a predicate meaning “there is” or to express possession (English verb "to have").

  Ёсцьякі́-не́будзьстары́,штодавайны́тут жыў? ―Joscʹ jakí-njébudzʹ starý, što da vajný tut žyw? ―Is there anyone old that lived here before the war?

  У мяне́ёсцьпыта́нне. ―U mjanjéjoscʹ pytánnje. ―I have a question.

• It is usually expressed in the present tense as a pause, represented in the written language by a dash after nouns (but not after pronouns). It is not used if the predicate is an adjective.

  Мойся́бар—белару́с, а тыукраі́нец. ―Moj sjábar— bjelarús, a ty ukraínjec. ―My friend is Belarusian and you are Ukrainian.

  Хло́пчыкве́льмігало́дны. ―Xlópčyk vjélʹmi halódny. ―The young man is very hungry.

• However, the dash is not written in third person impersonal adverbial phrases.

  Ця́жкавы́вучыцьно́вуюмо́ву. ―Cjážka vývučycʹ nóvuju móvu. ―It is difficult to learn a new language.

• Other verbs such asбыва́ць(byvácʹ) andстаць(stacʹ) can also be used instead.

infinitive=быцьimpr_pl=бу́дзьцеimpr_sg=будзьpres_fut_3sg=ёсцьpast_f=была́past_m=быўpres_adv_part=бу́дучыpast_pl=былі́past_n=было́aspect=impf

• “быць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• I. I. Nosovič, editor (1870), “бы́тый”, inSlovarʹ bělorusskago narěčija‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes1–2, Saint Petersburg:The Imperial Academy of Sciences, page75

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• Rhymes:Belarusian/ɨt͡sʲ
• Rhymes:Belarusian/ɨt͡sʲ/1 syllable
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