The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б.

(intransitive, now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive. / (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. / (intransitive) To occupy a place.

(dialectal, possibly dated) Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra.

To exist as an independent fact of (external) reality.

(idiomatic) To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.

(idiomatic) It is inevitable. There is no alternative.

To arrive.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To be alive, existent, or present. / (idiomatic, transitive) To be near; to socialize with.

(idiomatic) If need be; if there is a need.

To remain in consideration of a matter. / To reserve the right to reconsider a matter, as in a deliberative assembly.