• IPA^(key): [biˈli]

били́ • (bilí)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbili]

би́ли • (bíli)

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

Inherited from Old Slovak biely, from Proto-Slavic *bělъ. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn білый (bilŷj) and Slovak biely.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbili]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation: би‧ли

били (bili) (comparative билши, superlative найбилши)

1. white

   Antonym: чарни (čarni)

2. blonde, fair-haired
3. (of hair) grey, white

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “били”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲilʲɪ]

би́ли • (bíli)

1. plural past indicative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:37:

     И поднялась великая буря; волны били в лодку, так что она уже наполнялась водою.

     I podnjalasʹ velikaja burja; volny bili v lodku, tak što ona uže napolnjalasʹ vodoju.

     A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.

From бу (bu) + илик (ilik).

били • (bili)

1. that

   били киһибит ханна тиийдэ? ― bili kihibit qanna tiiyde? ― where did that man go?