bůst

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuːst]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation of bůst

infinitive bůst, bůsti active adjective bodoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person bodu bodeme — boďme 2nd person bodeš bodete boď boďte 3rd person bode bodou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bůst. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate bodl bodli boden bodeni masculine inanimate bodly bodeny feminine bodla bodena neuter bodlo bodla bodeno bodena transgressives present past masculine singular boda — feminine + neuter singular bodouc — plural bodouce —

Further reading

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