було

Bulgarian

невеста забулана с було

Etymology

Uncertain. Related to бу́ла (búla, “Turkish woman”), so the meaning may have shifted by metonymy to refer to certain types of face veils that Turkish women once wore (e.g. yashmak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɫo]

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Noun

бу́ло • (búlo) n

1. bridal veil (cover concealing the bride's face)

   Synonym: (dialectal) пре́вез (prévez)

Declension

Declension of бу́ло

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́ло búlo	бу́ла búla
definite	бу́лото búloto	бу́лата búlata

Coordinate terms

• воа́л (voál, “veil”) (generic term)
• фeредже́ (feredžé, “yashmak”) (used in Eastern cultures)
• забра́дка (zabrádka), пребра́дка (prebrádka, “kerchief”)

Derived terms

• бу́лка (búlka, “bride”)

References

• “було”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “було”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “було”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 89

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈɫɔ]

Verb

було́ • (buló)

1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of бути (buty)