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to be

Source:*bytiProto-Slaviccertain

English

to be

Polish

być
bɨtɕ
Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    бытьbytʹ
    bɨtʲinherited

    Russian drops 'is' in the present: я студе́нт 'I [am a] student'.

  • Ukrainian
    бу́тиbuty
    ˈbutɪinherited
  • Polish
    być
    bɨtɕinherited
  • Czech
    být
    biːtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    bitiбити
    ˈbitiinherited
  • English
    to be

    Distant English relative: be — English be and Slavic *byti share the Indo-European root *bʰuH- 'become, be'.