бакалея

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• bakaleja — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). Compare Yiddish באַקאַליי (bakaley), and semantically unrelated Polish bakalie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bakaˈlʲeja]

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaljéja) f inan (genitive бакале́і, uncountable)

1. (collective) groceries

Declension

Declension of бакале́я (inan sg-only soft fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	бакале́я bakaljéja
genitive	бакале́і bakaljéi
dative	бакале́і bakaljéi
accusative	бакале́ю bakaljéju
instrumental	бакале́яй, бакале́яю bakaljéjaj, bakaljéjaju
locative	бакале́і bakaljéi

References

• “бакалея” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “бакалея”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bakkal, from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəkɐˈlʲejə]

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaléja) f inan (genitive бакале́и, nominative plural бакале́и, genitive plural бакале́й)

1. (collective) groceries
2. grocery store, grocery department

Declension

Declension of бакале́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бакале́я bakaléja	бакале́и bakaléi
genitive	бакале́и bakaléi	бакале́й bakaléj
dative	бакале́е bakaléje	бакале́ям bakaléjam
accusative	бакале́ю bakaléju	бакале́и bakaléi
instrumental	бакале́ей, бакале́ею bakaléjej, bakaléjeju	бакале́ями bakaléjami
prepositional	бакале́е bakaléje	бакале́ях bakaléjax

Descendants

• →? Lithuanian: bakalėja