былина

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic былина (bylina, literally something that was), from бꙑти (byti, to be) (Russian быть (bytʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɨˈlʲinə]

Noun

были́на (bylína) f inan (genitive были́ны, nominative plural были́ны, genitive plural были́н)

  1. bylina (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem)

Declension

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