буц

See also: Appendix:Variations of "buc"

Chechen

Noun

буц • (buc)

1. grass

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [but͡s]

Interjection

буц • (buc)

1. poking onomatopoeia

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak byť, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei. Compare Ukrainian бу́ти (búty) for the vowel shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡s]
• Rhymes: -ut͡s
• Hyphenation: буц
• Homophone: будз (budz)

Verb

буц (buc) impf

1. (copulative) to be

   бул сом дома ― bul som doma ― I was at home

2. (auxiliary, future tense, intransitive) used to form the future tense of imperfect verbs
3. (future tense) to want [with dative; or with infinitive]

   Synonyms: надумац (nadumac), сцец (scec)

   я будзем чаю ― ja budzem čaju ― I want tea

Usage notes

• Like in the East Slavic languages, usually replaced in the present tense with the pronoun.
• The present tense conjugated forms are instead generally used in the past tense, with the conjugated verb in the past following or followed by the corresponding present tense conjugation of буц (buc), similar to Slovak.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “буц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy