бы

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Adyghe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bəː]
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Letter

бы • (bə) (lower case, upper case Бы)

  1. The second of the Adyghe Cyrillic alphabet.

Noun

бы • (bə)

  1. den
  2. haunt
  3. nest

Declension
declension of бы
case singular plural
nominative быр (bər) быхэр (bəxăr)
ergative бым (bəm) быхэмэ (bəxămă)
instrumental бы(м)кӏэ (bə(m)č̣̍ă) быхэ(м)кӏэ (bəxă(m)č̣̍ă)
invertive быу (bəw) быхыу (bəxəw)

Russian

Alternative forms
  • б (b) (abbreviation, especially after vowels)
  • кабы́ (kabý) (colloquial)

Etymology

The word was the third-person singular aorist of быть (bytʹ, “to be”), an otherwise obsolete Russian tense (see Old Church Slavonic бꙑти (byti)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɨ]
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Particle

бы • (by)

  1. A verbal particle used to render conditional and subjunctive patterns
    Я говори́л. ― Ja govoríl. ― I spoke.
    Я бы говори́л. ― Ja by govoríl. ― I would (should) have spoken.; I would speak.; I might speak.

Usage notes
  • The particle бы is often shortened to б (b).
  • The particle бы may come before or after the verb it is targeting.
  • The particle бы is often omitted in colloquial settings. For example:
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