buď

See also: bud, Bud, and búð

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbuc]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uc

Etymology 1

The conjunction comes from the imperative buď, which formed from budu (“I will be”),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bǫdǫ (“I will become, I will be”), which was a future tense of *byti (“to be”).[2]

Conjunction

buď

  1. either
Usage notes
  • Used in the pair buď-nebo ("either-or").
  • Never used in questions, for example:
    Pojedu buď vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go either by train or by bus.
    Pojedu vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go by train or by bus.
    Pojedou vlakem nebo autobusem? ― Will they go by train or by bus?

Verb

buď

  1. second-person singular imperative of být

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buď

  1. second-person singular imperative of budit

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “buď(to)”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 103
  2. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “budu”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 103

Further reading
  • buď in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • buď in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • buď in Internetová jazyková příručka
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