биле

See also: билје, биље, билє, -биле, and Appendix:Variations of "bile"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бꙑльѥ (bylĭje, “plant, grass”), from Proto-Slavic *bylьje (“herbage”), originally a collective sg. tantum with meaning cluster of weeds/herbs. Morphologically equivalent to Proto-Slavic *bylь (“herb”) +‎ -е (-e). Out of use and replaced by билка (bilka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilɛ]

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Noun

би́ле • (bíle) n (diminutive би́лка)

1. (collective) herbage
2. (by extension) natural medicament, remedy

Declension

Declension of би́ле

	singular
indefinite	би́ле bíle
definite	би́лето bíleto

Related terms

• би́лка (bílka), билка́р m (bilkár), билка́рка f (bilkárka, “herbalist”)
• Черноби́л (Černobíl, “Chernobyl”) (town in Ukraine, literally means "black herb")

References

• “биле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “биле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “биле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 47
• Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (1999), “бꙑльѥ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 126

Kamassian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Samoyedic *wəj.

Adjective

биле (bile)

1. bad

Derived terms

• биле тхӱʼ (bile tʰüʔ)

 

References

• Donner, Kai R. (1944) “bilɛ”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilɛ]

Participle

биле • (bile)

1. plural aorist l-participle of сум (sum)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲilʲe]

Noun

би́ле • (bíle) n inan

1. prepositional singular of би́ло (bílo)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• билѐси

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile) (Turkish bile).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐle/
• Hyphenation: би‧ле

Adverb

бѝле (Latin spelling bìle)

1. (regional) moreover, even

   биле је и он дошао чак и он ― even he came

Southern Altai

Etymology

Compare to Kyrgyz бүлө (bülö), etc.

Noun

биле • (bile)

1. family

Derived terms

Related terms

• билелӱ (bilelü)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “биле”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”). Cognate with Shor пла, Karachay-Balkar бла (bla), Kumyk булан (bulan), Turkish ile, Western Yugur pli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪ.le/, [bi̞.le̞]

Particle

биле • (bile)

1. Hyphenated after a word, forming its comitative or instrumental case.

Conjunction

биле • (bile)

1. and

Synonyms

• база (baza)
• болгаш (bolgaş)