была

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Belarusian

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была́ (bylá)

  1. feminine singular past indicative of быць (bycʹ)

Russian

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Verb

была́ (bylá)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ)
    Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4.5:
    Иное упало на каменистое место, где немного было земли, и скоро взошло, потому что земля была неглубока;
    Inoje upalo na kamenistoje mesto, gde nemnogo bylo zemli, i skoro vzošlo, potomu što zemlja byla negluboka;
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