бꙑти
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *būˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuh₂- (see Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian būti and Latvian būt. Other Indo-European cognates include Latin fuī (“I was”), Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Sanskrit भवति (bhávati, “to become”), and Persian بودن (budan, “to be”).
Suppletive present forms are also inherited; ѥсмь (jesmĭ), from Proto-Slavic *jesmь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-. Cognates include Old English wesan (eom, eart, is), Old Norse em, est, es, Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im), 𐌹𐍃 (is), 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist), Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬌 (ami) (Persian بودن (budan) and است (ast)), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimí), εἶ (eî), ἐστί (estí), Latin esse (sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt), (from which French être, Italian essere, Spanish ser), Estonian esu, Albanian jam.
Verb
бꙑти • (byti)
- to be
Conjugation
| present | imperfective | aorist | future | imperative | perfective aorist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person sg | есмь | — | бѣхъ | бѫдѫ | — | бꙑхъ |
| 2nd person sg | еси | — | бѣ | бѫдеши | бѫди | бꙑстъ (бꙑ) |
| 3rd person sg | естъ | бѣаше | бѣ | бѫдетъ | бѫди | бꙑстъ (бꙑ) |
| 1st person dual | есвѣ | — | бѣховѣ | бѫдевѣ | бѫдѣвѣ | бꙑховѣ |
| 2nd person dual | еста | — | бѣста | бѫдета | бѫдѣта | бꙑста |
| 3rd person dual | есте | бѣашете | бѣсте | бѫдете | бѫдѣте | бꙑсте |
| 1st person pl | есмъ | — | бѣхомъ | бѫдемъ | бѫдѣмъ | бꙑхомъ |
| 2nd person pl | есте | — | бѣсте | бѫдете | бѫдѣте | бꙑсте |
| 3rd person pl | сѫтъ | бѣахѫ | бѣшѧ | бѫдѫтъ | бѫдѫ | бꙑшѧ |
participles
| masculine sg | neuter sg | feminine sg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| present active participle | сꙑ | сꙑ | сѫшти |
| resultative participle | бꙑлъ | бꙑло | бꙑла |
| past active participle | бꙑвъ | бꙑвъ | бꙑвъши |
| substantive | — | бꙑтьѥ, бꙑтиѥ | — |
не бꙑти (negative conjugation)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | нѣсмь | нѣсвѣ | нѣсмъ |
| 2nd person | нѣси | нѣста | нѣсте |
| 3rd person | нѣстъ | нѣсте | не сѫтъ |