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bůst

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech bósti, from Proto-Slavic *bosti, Proto-Balto-Slavic *bestei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bůst impf

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of bodat
    • 1853, Karel Jaromír Erben, “Věštkyně”, in Kytice:
      Nalezli Přemysla na poli, an voly bode ostnem, pospíchaje, aby dílo své vykonal.
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Usage notes

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This verb is archaic. Additionally, the past participle bodl wouldn't be understood in imperfective meaning but rather as the past participle of imperfective bodnout.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • bůsti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bůsti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989