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bylyna

bylyna is the alternative form of bylina.

Meaning of bylina

Noun

bylina (plural bylinas or bylini or byliny)

  1. A traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem.
    • We may compare the above notions with the categories of A. M. Astahova in her analysis of Russian epics, the bylina.2003, Lauri Harvilahti, The holy mountain: studies on Upper Altay Oral poetry, page 66

Forms of bylyna

pluralbylynas
pluralbylyny

Questions about bylyna

What is bylyna the alternative form of?
Bylyna is the alternative form of bylina.

Words near bylyna in the dictionary

  1. bylining
  2. byliny
  3. Bylong
  4. Bylsma
  5. Bylsmas
  6. bylyna
  7. bylynas
  8. bylyny
  9. BYM
  10. bymatter
  11. bymatters

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