белоснежный

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Etymology edit

First attested in 1795. бе́лый (bélyj, white) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ снег (sneg, snow) +‎ -ный (-nyj), calque of German schneeweiß.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪɫɐsʲˈnʲeʐnɨj]
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Adjective edit

белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj)

  1. snow-white

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References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “белоснежный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 53