bylina

English

Etymology

From Russian были́на (bylína).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːnə/

Noun

bylina (plural bylinas or byliny)

1. A traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem.
   • 2003, Lauri Harvilahti, The holy mountain: studies on Upper Altay Oral poetry, page 66:

     We may compare the above notions with the categories of A. M. Astahova in her analysis of Russian epics, the bylina.

Translations

traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem

• Armenian: բիլինա (hy) (bilina)
• Belarusian: былі́на f (bylína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勇士讚歌／勇士赞歌, 勇士赞歌 (yǒngshì zàngē)

• Crimean Tatar: bılina
• Czech: bylina (cs) f
• French: byline (fr) f
• Georgian: ბილინა (bilina)
• German: Bylina f
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• Hebrew: בילינה
• Japanese: ブィリーナ (birīna)
• Korean: 빌리나 (billina)
• Polish: bylina (pl) f
• Portuguese: bilina f
• Russian: были́на (ru) f (bylína), ста́рина (ru) f (stárina) (dated)
• Slovak: bylina (sk) f
• Spanish: bylina f
• Ukrainian: били́на (uk) f (bylýna)

Anagrams

• Libyan, Lybian, bainly

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪlɪna]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic. Cognate with Russian были́нка (bylínka).

Noun

bylina f

1. herb

Declension

Derived terms

• bylinný

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian были́на (bylína).

Noun

bylina f

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

Further reading

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɨˈli.na/

Noun

bylina f (diminutive bylinka)

1. A perennial herbaceous plant.

Declension

Declension of bylina

	singular	plural
nominative	bylina	byliny
genitive	byliny	bylin
dative	bylinie	bylinom
accusative	bylinę	byliny
instrumental	byliną	bylinami
locative	bylinie	bylinach
vocative	bylino	byliny

Further reading

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