бѣше
Old Novgorodian
Alternative forms
- бьшь (bĭšĭ)[1]
Etymology
Only attested as бьшь (bĭšĭ) in year 1220±30 or as ??шь (??šĭ) in year 1143±17. From Proto-Slavic *běaše.
Verb
бѣше (běše)
- third-person singular imperfect of бꙑти (byti)
References
- “Древнерусские грамоты на бересте [Medieval Russian Documents on Birchbark]”, in http://gramoty.ru (in Russian), 2007–, сь сталь бьшь (document № 510)
Further reading
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “бꙑти”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Сultures, →ISBN, page 715 of 872
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “§3.36. Имперфект”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Сultures, →ISBN, page 715 of 872
- “Древнерусские грамоты на бересте [Medieval Russian Documents on Birchbark]”, in http://gramoty.ru (in Russian), 2007–, ??шь (document № 831)