жил-был

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A pluperfect construction using жил (žil, “lived”) and был (byl, “had, was”), which is nonstandard in the current language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌʐɨɫ ˈbɨɫ]

Verb

жил-был • (žil-byl) (feminine жила-была, neuter жило-было)

  1. (ungrammatical) masculine singular pluperfect indicative imperfective of жить (žitʹ)
  2. (in the plural) once upon a time
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