был

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). The final -l is an extra determinant element, which is also attested in Kazakh бұл (būl, “this”) and Kyrgyz бул (bul, “this”), as well as in Kyrgyz тигил (tigil, “that”) and Bashkir шул (şul, “that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̞ɫ]
• 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.

   Туйҙым был мыжыҡ ирҙән!

   Tuyźım bıl mıjıq irźən!

   I'm sick and tired of this grumpy husband (of mine).

   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

Declension of был

nominative	был (bıl)
accusative	быны (bını)
dative	быға (bığa)
locative	бында (bında)
ablative	бынан (bınan)
genitive	бының (bınıñ)

See also

• ошо (oşo)

Ossetian

Etymology

Caucasian word like Georgian პირი (ṗiri).

Noun

был • (byl)

1. lip

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɨɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɨl

Verb

был • (byl)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ)
   • (Can we date this quote?), 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.