пребыть

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣбꙑти (prěbyti). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ быть (bytʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

пребы́ть • (prebýtʹpf (imperfective пребыва́ть)

  1. (literary) to be (at some place), to stay, to remain
  2. (literary) to be (in some state or condition), to stay, to remain

Conjugation