белка
Bulgarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- бя́лка (bjálka)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
бе́лка • (bélka) f
Declension edit
Declension of бе́лка
References edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
From бел (bel, “white”) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
белка • (belka) f (plural белки)
- egg white, albumen, white (white of the egg; albumen)
- (anatomy) sclera, white (white of the eye)
- white female (Caucasian person)
- Synonym: белкинка f (belkinka)
Declension edit
Declension of белка
Derived terms edit
- белковина f (belkovina)
See also edit
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- бѣ́лка (bě́lka) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic бѣлъка (bělŭka, “squirrel”), diminutive of бѣла (běla, “squirrel”) (see -ка (-ka)), from бѣла вѣверица (běla věverica, “white squirrel”), from Proto-Slavic *bělъka. See бе́лый (bélyj, “white”), ве́верица (véverica, “squirrel; ermine, stoat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
бе́лка • (bélka) f anim (genitive бе́лки, nominative plural бе́лки, genitive plural бе́лок, relational adjective бе́личий, diminutive бе́лочка)
Declension edit
Declension of бе́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
белка́ • (belká) m inan
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “белка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “белка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 82
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “белка”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 217