било

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bidlo, morphologically formed from би́я (bíja, “to fight, to beat”) +‎ -ло (-lo, “instrumental suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɫo]

Noun

би́ло • (bílo) n

1. mountain crest, ridge

   Synonyms: хре́бет (hrébet), хрид (hrid), гре́бен (grében)

   Antonym: подно́жие (podnóžie)

2. summit, peak, top

   Synonyms: връх (vrǎh), висина́ (visiná)

3. (figurative) apogee

   Synonym: апоге́й (apogéj)

Declension

Declension of би́ло

	singular	plural
indefinite	би́ло bílo	би́ла bíla
definite	би́лото bíloto	би́лата bílata

Related terms

• бич (bič, “whip”)
• бой (boj, “fight”)
• би́тка (bítka, “battle”)

References

• “било”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “било”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈɫɔ]

Participle

било́ • (biló)

1. inflection of съм (sǎm):
   1. indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle
   2. neuter singular past active imperfect participle

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɫo]

Participle

би́ло • (bílo)

1. indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle of би́я (bíja)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiɫə]

Etymology 1

бить (bitʹ) +‎ -ло (-lo)

Noun

би́ло • (bílo) n inan (genitive би́ла, nominative plural би́ла, genitive plural бил)

1. impact bar, beater

Declension

Declension of би́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	би́ло bílo	би́ла bíla
genitive	би́ла bíla	би́л bíl
dative	би́лу bílu	би́лам bílam
accusative	би́ло bílo	би́ла bíla
instrumental	би́лом bílom	би́лами bílami
prepositional	би́ле bíle	би́лах bílax

Etymology 2

Verb

би́ло • (bílo)

1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bidlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîlo/
• Hyphenation: би‧ло

Noun

би̏ло n (Latin spelling bȉlo)

1. pulse, heartbeat
2. a shallow-sloped crest (of a mountain)

Declension

Declension of било

	singular	plural
nominative	било	била
genitive	била	била
dative	билу	билима
accusative	било	била
vocative	било	била
locative	билу	билима
instrumental	билом	билима

References

• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut