"być" meaning in Polish

See być in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɘt͡ɕ/, /bɨt͡ɕ/ [Middle, Polish], [ˈbɘt͡ɕ] (note: Przemyśl)
Rhymes: -ɘt͡ɕ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Polish być Polish być Inherited from Old Polish być. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pl|inh|zlw-opl>być>to be|id=to be|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Polish być Polish być, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|zlw-opl|być|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Polish być, {{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|być}} Inherited from Old Polish być Head templates: {{pl-verb|impf|indet=bywać}} być impf (indeterminate bywać) Forms: bywać [indeterminate], no-table-tags [table-tags], być [infinitive], jestem [first-person, present, singular], -(e)m [first-person, present, singular], jesteśmy [first-person, plural, present], -(e)śmy [first-person, plural, present], jesteś [present, second-person, singular], -(e)ś [present, second-person, singular], jesteście [plural, present, second-person], -(e)ście [plural, present, second-person], jest [present, singular, third-person], [plural, present, third-person], byłem [first-person, masculine, past, singular], -(e)m był [first-person, masculine, past, singular], byłam [feminine, first-person, past, singular], -(e)m była [feminine, first-person, past, singular], byłom [first-person, neuter, past, singular], -(e)m było [first-person, neuter, past, singular], byliśmy [first-person, past, plural, virile], -(e)śmy byli [first-person, past, plural, virile], byłyśmy [first-person, nonvirile, past, plural], -(e)śmy były [first-person, nonvirile, past, plural], byłeś [masculine, past, second-person, singular], -(e)ś był [masculine, past, second-person, singular], byłaś [feminine, past, second-person, singular], -(e)ś była [feminine, past, second-person, singular], byłoś [neuter, past, second-person, singular], -(e)ś było [neuter, past, second-person, singular], byliście [past, plural, second-person, virile], -(e)ście byli [past, plural, second-person, virile], byłyście [nonvirile, past, plural, second-person], -(e)ście były [nonvirile, past, plural, second-person], był [masculine, past, singular, third-person], była [feminine, past, singular, third-person], było [neuter, past, singular, third-person], byli [past, plural, third-person, virile], były [nonvirile, past, plural, third-person], będę [first-person, future, singular], będziemy [first-person, future, plural], będziesz [future, second-person, singular], będziecie [future, plural, second-person], będzie [future, singular, third-person], będą [future, plural, third-person], byłbym [conditional, first-person, masculine, singular], bym był [conditional, first-person, masculine, singular], byłabym [conditional, feminine, first-person, singular], bym była [conditional, feminine, first-person, singular], byłobym [conditional, first-person, neuter, singular], bym było [conditional, first-person, neuter, singular], bylibyśmy [conditional, first-person, plural, virile], byśmy byli [conditional, first-person, plural, virile], byłybyśmy [conditional, first-person, nonvirile, plural], byśmy były [conditional, first-person, nonvirile, plural], byłbyś [conditional, masculine, second-person, singular], byś był [conditional, masculine, second-person, singular], byłabyś [conditional, feminine, second-person, singular], byś była [conditional, feminine, second-person, singular], byłobyś [conditional, neuter, second-person, singular], byś było [conditional, neuter, second-person, singular], bylibyście [conditional, plural, second-person, virile], byście byli [conditional, plural, second-person, virile], byłybyście [conditional, nonvirile, plural, second-person], byście były [conditional, nonvirile, plural, second-person], byłby [conditional, masculine, singular, third-person], by był [conditional, masculine, singular, third-person], byłaby [conditional, feminine, singular, third-person], by była [conditional, feminine, singular, third-person], byłoby [conditional, neuter, singular, third-person], by było [conditional, neuter, singular, third-person], byliby [conditional, plural, third-person, virile], by byli [conditional, plural, third-person, virile], byłyby [conditional, nonvirile, plural, third-person], by były [conditional, nonvirile, plural, third-person], niech będę [first-person, imperative, singular], bądźmy [first-person, imperative, plural], bądź [imperative, second-person, singular], bądźcie [imperative, plural, second-person], niech będzie [imperative, singular, third-person], niech będą [imperative, plural, third-person], będący [active, adjectival, masculine, participle, singular], będąca [active, adjectival, feminine, participle, singular], będące [active, adjectival, neuter, participle, singular], będący [active, adjectival, participle, plural, virile], będące [active, adjectival, nonvirile, participle, plural], będąc [adjectival, contemporary, participle], bywszy [adverbial, anterior, participle], bycie [noun-from-verb]
  1. (copulative) to be (indicates sameness or membership in a class) [with nominative or instrumental] Tags: copulative, imperfective
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-jn3~4sG6 Categories (other): Polish entries with etymology trees, Polish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Polish entries with etymology trees: 27 9 13 14 20 19 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 34 8 8 8 23 18
  2. (copulative) to be (auxilary verb used for predication) [with adjective] Tags: copulative, imperfective
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-jpY0NQN~
  3. (intransitive, auxiliary, in the future tense) forms the future tense of imperfective verbs [with infinitive or past-tense clause] Tags: auxiliary, imperfective, intransitive
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-7bs7drNa
  4. (intransitive, auxiliary, archaic, in the past tense) forms the pluperfect tense [with past-tense clause] Tags: archaic, auxiliary, imperfective, intransitive, past
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-KHWkilmu
  5. (intransitive) to be, there be (indicates location) Tags: imperfective, intransitive
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-gtXIStYm
  6. (transitive, Przemyśl) Synonym of spędzać Tags: imperfective, transitive Synonyms: spędzać [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-być-pl-verb-Kg~QNIRo Categories (other): Przemyśl Polish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bydło, byt, bawić [imperfective]
Derived forms: zbyteczny, nabytek, pobyt, przybytek, ubytek, zbytek, to jest, być w błędzie [imperfective], dobyć [perfective], dobywać [imperfective], nabyć [perfective], nabywać [imperfective], obyć [perfective], obywać [imperfective], odbyć [perfective], odbywać [imperfective], pobyć [perfective], pozbyć [perfective], pozbywać [imperfective], przebyć [perfective], przebywać [imperfective], przybyć [perfective], przybywać [imperfective], ubyć [perfective], ubywać [imperfective], wydobyć [perfective], wydobywać [imperfective], wyzbyć [perfective], wyzbywać [imperfective], zbyć [perfective], zbywać [imperfective], zdobyć [perfective], zdobywać [imperfective]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zbyteczny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nabytek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pobyt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "przybytek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ubytek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zbytek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to jest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "być w błędzie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dobyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dobywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nabyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nabywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odbyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odbywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pobyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozbyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozbywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przebyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przebywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przybyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przybywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wydobyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wydobywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyzbyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyzbywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdobyć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdobywać"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "zlw-opl>być>to be",
        "id": "to be",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nOld Polish być\nPolish być",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "być",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Polish być",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "zlw-opl",
        "3": "być"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Polish być",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nOld Polish być\nPolish być\nInherited from Old Polish być.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bywać",
      "tags": [
        "indeterminate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "być",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jestem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)m",
      "roman": "jest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jesteśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)śmy",
      "roman": "są",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jesteś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś",
      "roman": "jest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jesteście",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście",
      "roman": "są",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "są",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)m był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)m była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)m było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byliśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)śmy byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłyśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)śmy były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłeś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłaś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłoś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byliście",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłyście",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będę",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będziemy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będziesz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będziecie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będzie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będą",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłbym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłabym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłobym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "virile"
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        "singular",
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          "english": "If you, for example, Mr Rawski, had eaten everything that you earned, then you would not have collected your fortune.",
          "ref": "1859, Jean Jacques Rapet, Przewodnik moralności i ekonomii politycznéj dla użytku klass robotniczych, Behr Bock, page 170:",
          "text": "Gdybyś naprzykład, panie Rawski, był zjadł wszystko coś zarobił, to byś nie był zebrał majątku.",
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          "english": "Nastusia, half-fallen, half-supported by the oak, with her eyes opened wide in a motionless manner, fixed in the direction where the hawk had successfully carried out its hunts, was panting terribly.",
          "ref": "1869, Charles Edmond, translated by Edmund Chojecki, Alkhadar: ustęp z dziejów ojców naszych, F.A. Brockhaus, page 231:",
          "text": "Nastusia na pół osunięta, na pół wsparta na dębie, na pół omdlała, z oczyma szeroko, nieruchomie otwartemi, utkwionemi w stronę, gdzie jastrząb dokonał był pomyślnych swoich łowów, strasznie dyszała.",
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        {
          "english": "Oh well, if he had gone there into that place, as befitted his honour and his person, then he would have had to spend a few and a few dozen złoty; so what did he do?",
          "ref": "1871, Czesław Pieniążek, Włościanin: czasopismo ilustrowane dla ludu, Budweiser, page 34:",
          "text": "Ale cóż, gdyby był poszedł tam w to miejsce, jakie przystało honorowi i jego osobie, toby był musiał co dzień kilka i kilkanaście złotych wydać; to cóż on robił?",
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          "english": "The king ordered him to spend a night with a bear.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɘt͡ɕ/"
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      "ipa": "/bɨt͡ɕ/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈbɘt͡ɕ]",
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}
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei\nProto-Slavic *byti\nOld Polish być\nPolish być\nInherited from Old Polish być.",
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      "form": "bywać",
      "tags": [
        "indeterminate"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "l",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "być",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "jestem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "-(e)m",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "jesteśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)śmy",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "jesteś",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-(e)ś",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jesteście",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jest",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "są",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "byłem",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-(e)m był",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-(e)m była",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "byłom",
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        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-(e)m było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byliśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-(e)śmy byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byłyśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)śmy były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłeś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byłaś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ś była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "byłoś",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "neuter",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-(e)ś było",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "neuter",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byliście",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byłyście",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-(e)ście były",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "była",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "było",
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        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "byli",
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        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "virile"
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    },
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      "form": "były",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "nonvirile",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "będę",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "będziemy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będziesz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będziecie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będzie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "będą",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłbym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłabym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłobym",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bym było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylibyśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byśmy byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłybyśmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byśmy były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłbyś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byś był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłabyś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byś była",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłobyś",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "neuter",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byś było",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "neuter",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylibyście",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byście byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłybyście",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byście były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłby",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "by był",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłaby",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "by była",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłoby",
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        "conditional",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "by było",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byliby",
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        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "by byli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byłyby",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "by były",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "nonvirile",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niech będę",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bądźmy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bądź",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bądźcie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niech będzie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niech będą",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będący",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będąca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będące",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "neuter",
        "participle",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będący",
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        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "participle",
        "plural",
        "virile"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będące",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "adjectival",
        "nonvirile",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "będąc",
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        "adjectival",
        "contemporary",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bywszy",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "adverbial",
        "anterior",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bycie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "bydło"
    },
    {
      "word": "byt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Polish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I am Kamil, and this is Marta.",
          "text": "Jestem Kamil, a to jest Marta.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He is a chemistry teacher.",
          "text": "On jest nauczycielem chemii.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
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          "expansion": "[with nominative or instrumental]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
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              "nominative"
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          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
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          "be",
          "be"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish copulative verbs",
        "Polish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am tired.",
          "text": "Jestem zmęczona.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be (auxilary verb used for predication)"
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "adjective"
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            "tags": [
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          "name": "+obj"
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        [
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          "be"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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        "copulative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish auxiliary verbs",
        "Polish intransitive verbs",
        "Polish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you going to clean today?",
          "text": "Będziesz dzisiaj sprzątać/sprzątała?",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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        "forms the future tense of imperfective verbs"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Polish intransitive verbs",
        "Polish terms with archaic senses",
        "Polish terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "If you, for example, Mr Rawski, had eaten everything that you earned, then you would not have collected your fortune.",
          "ref": "1859, Jean Jacques Rapet, Przewodnik moralności i ekonomii politycznéj dla użytku klass robotniczych, Behr Bock, page 170:",
          "text": "Gdybyś naprzykład, panie Rawski, był zjadł wszystko coś zarobił, to byś nie był zebrał majątku.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nastusia, half-fallen, half-supported by the oak, with her eyes opened wide in a motionless manner, fixed in the direction where the hawk had successfully carried out its hunts, was panting terribly.",
          "ref": "1869, Charles Edmond, translated by Edmund Chojecki, Alkhadar: ustęp z dziejów ojców naszych, F.A. Brockhaus, page 231:",
          "text": "Nastusia na pół osunięta, na pół wsparta na dębie, na pół omdlała, z oczyma szeroko, nieruchomie otwartemi, utkwionemi w stronę, gdzie jastrząb dokonał był pomyślnych swoich łowów, strasznie dyszała.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh well, if he had gone there into that place, as befitted his honour and his person, then he would have had to spend a few and a few dozen złoty; so what did he do?",
          "ref": "1871, Czesław Pieniążek, Włościanin: czasopismo ilustrowane dla ludu, Budweiser, page 34:",
          "text": "Ale cóż, gdyby był poszedł tam w to miejsce, jakie przystało honorowi i jego osobie, toby był musiał co dzień kilka i kilkanaście złotych wydać; to cóż on robił?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
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          },
          "expansion": "[with past-tense clause]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "past-tense",
              "clause"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, auxiliary, archaic, in the past tense) forms the pluperfect tense [with past-tense clause]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "auxiliary",
        "imperfective",
        "intransitive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nie ma"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Polish intransitive verbs",
        "Polish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why is there only one bed in my room but two in hers?",
          "text": "Dlaczego w moim pokoju jest tylko jedno łóżko, a w jej są dwa?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be, there be (indicates location)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "there be",
          "there be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to be, there be (indicates location)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish terms with usage examples",
        "Polish transitive verbs",
        "Przemyśl Polish"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The king ordered him to spend a night with a bear.",
          "text": "Kázáł mu król, żeby był noc z niedźwiedziem.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of spędzać"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spędzać",
          "spędzać#Polish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Przemyśl) Synonym of spędzać"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "spędzać"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɘt͡ɕ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɨt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Middle",
        "Polish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɘt͡ɕ]",
      "note": "Przemyśl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɘt͡ɕ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pl:Ida Kurcz"
  ],
  "word": "być"
}

Download raw JSONL data for być meaning in Polish (18.4kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: transitive, Przemyśl",
  "path": [
    "być"
  ],
  "section": "Polish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "być",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: transitive, Przemyśl",
  "path": [
    "być"
  ],
  "section": "Polish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "być",
  "trace": ""
}

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