был

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: был (one syllable)

Determiner

был (bıl)

  1. this, these
    Был бер ҙә еңел эш түгел.
    Bıl ber źə yeñel eş tügel.
    This is by no means an easy job.
    Был һорауға түрә тотҡарлыҡһыҙ яуап бирә алманы.
    Bıl horawğa türə totqarlıqhıź yawap birə almanı.
    The state officer was not able to give an immediate answer to this question.

Declension

See also

Ossetian

Etymology

Caucasian word like Georgian პირი (ṗiri).

Noun

был (byl)

  1. lip

Russian

Pronunciation

Verb

был (byl)

  1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ)
    • Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 1.13:
      И был Он там в пустыне сорок дней, искушаемый сатаною, и был со зверями; и Ангелы служили Ему.
      I byl On tam v pustyne sorok dnej, iskušajemyj satanoju, i byl so zverjami; i Angely služili Jemu.
      and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.