former, previous (holding a certain function or position in the past but no longer so at the time of speaking) · former, previous (of nations; existing in the past but no longer so at the time of speaking, or now being in a different place or having a different form)
çekim: çoğul byli · tamlayan byłego
eş: eks-
zıt: przyszły
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Polish być Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Slavic *-lъ Old Polish -ły Old Polish były Polish były Inherited from Old Polish były. By surface analysis, być + -ły.
były dyrektor
były Związek Radziecki
Etimoloji
Sino-Vietnamese word from 復員, composed of 復 (“to return”) and 員 (“personnel”), from Japanese 復員 (fukuin)