колись

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲisʲ]

Verb

коли́сь • (kolísʹ)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of коло́ться (kolótʹsja)

Ukrainian

Etymology

коли́ (kolý) +‎ -сь (-sʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔˈɫɪsʲ]

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Adverb

коли́сь • (kolýsʹ)

1. at one time, formerly, once
2. sometime, someday, one day

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “колись”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka