bych

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byxъ. Cognate with Old Polish bych, Serbo-Croatian bih, Old Church Slavonic бꙑхъ (byxŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪx]

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Verb

bych

1. first-person singular conditional of být; would

   Udělal bych to, kdybych měl čas. ― I would if I had the time.

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byxъ. Cognate with Czech bych, Serbo-Croatian bih, Old Church Slavonic бꙑхъ (byxŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɨx/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɨx/

Verb

bych

1. first-person singular aorist of być

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨx/
• Rhymes: -ɨx
• Syllabification: bych

Verb

bych

1. first-person singular conditional of być

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh bych, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”). Doublet of bach.

Adjective

bych (feminine singular bech, plural bych, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. (archaic) little

Derived terms

• bychan
• Dinbych

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• byddech
• byddych

Verb

bych

1. (literary) second-person singular present subjunctive of bod

Mutation

Mutated forms of bych

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bych	fych	mych	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.