bylina

From Russian были́на (bylína).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːnə/

bylina (plural bylinas or bylini 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.

• Libyan, Lybian, bainly

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪlɪna]

Inherited from Old Czech bylina. Cognate with Russian были́нка (bylínka). Equivalent to býlí +‎ -ina, from Old Czech býlé, from Proto-Slavic *bylьje.

bylina f

1. herb

   léčivé byliny ― medicinal/curative herbs

Borrowed from Russian были́на (bylína).

bylina f

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

• bylina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bylina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /bɨˈli.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: by‧li‧na

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bylь + -ina, from *bylъ, a resultative participle of *bỳti.

bylina f (diminutive bylinka)

1. a perennial herbaceous plant

Borrowed from Russian были́на (bylína).

bylina f

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

• bylina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bylina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilina]

bylina f (genitive singular byliny, nominative plural byliny, genitive plural bylín)

1. (botany) herb

• bylina in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk