Be

"Be" in Russian

быть

bytʹ

(auxiliary: used to form the passive voice)

быть

bytʹ

(auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence)

быть

bytʹ

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

быть

bytʹ

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

быть

bytʹ

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

быть

bytʹ

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective)

быть

bytʹ

(used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase)

быть

bytʹ

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

быть

bytʹ

(to occupy a place)

быть

bytʹ

(to occur, take place)

быть

bytʹ

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

находи́ться

naxodítʹsja

(to occupy a place)

полу́читься

polúčitʹsja

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

прийти́

prijtí

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

приходи́ть

prixodítʹ

(elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar)

произойти́

proizojtí

(to occur, take place)

происходи́ть

proisxodítʹ

(to occur, take place)

равно́

ravnó

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

равня́ться

ravnjátʹsja

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

соста́вить

sostávitʹ

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

существова́ть

suščestvovátʹ

(intransitive, non-copulative (usually literary in English): to exist; to have real existence)

э́то

éto

(used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)

явля́ться

javljátʹsja

(used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent)

явля́ться

javljátʹsja

(used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.