былина
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic былина (bylina, literally “something that was”), from бꙑти (byti, “to be”) (Russian быть (bytʹ)).
Pronunciation
Noun
были́на • (bylína) f inan (genitive были́ны, nominative plural были́ны, genitive plural были́н)
- bylina (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem)
Declension
Declension of были́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)