били

• IPA^(key):

били́ • (bilí)

1. inflection of съм (sǎm):
   1. indefinite plural past active aorist participle
   2. plural past active imperfect participle

• IPA^(key):

би́ли • (bíli)

1. indefinite plural past active aorist participle of би́я (bíja)

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation: би‧ли

Inherited from Old Slovak biely, from Proto-Slavic *bělъ. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn білый (bilŷj) and Slovak biely.

били (bili) (comparative билши, superlative найбилши)

1. white

   Antonym: чарни (čarni)

2. blonde, fair-haired
3. (of hair) grey, white

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “били”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

били (bili)

1. inflection of биц (bic):
   1. plural l-participle
   2. third-person plural past indicative

• IPA^(key):

би́ли • (bíli)

1. plural past indicative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:37:

     И поднялась великая буря; волны били в лодку, так что она уже наполнялась водою.

     I podnjalasʹ velikaja burja; volny bili v lodku, tak što ona uže napolnjalasʹ vodoju.

     A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.

били (Latin spelling bili)

1. masculine plural active past participle of би̏ти

From бу (bu) + илик (ilik).

били • (bili)

1. that

   били киһибит ханна тиийдэ? ― bili kihibit qanna tiiyde? ― where did that man go?