Bashkir Pronunciation IPA(key): [bɯ̞ɫ] Hyphenation: был (one syllable) Determiner был • (bıl) this, these Был бер ҙә еңел эш түгел.Bıl ber źə yeñel eş tügel.This is by no means an easy job. 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 More information nominative, accusative ... Declension of был nominative был (bıl) accusative быны (bını) dative быға (bığa) locative бында (bında) ablative бынан (bınan) genitive бының (bınıñ) Close See also ошо (oşo) Ossetian Etymology Caucasian word like Georgian პირი (ṗiri). Noun был • (byl) lip Russian Pronunciation IPA(key): [bɨɫ] Rhymes: -ɨl Verb был • (byl) 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.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.