белуга
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga). Morphologically parsable as бял (bjal, “white”) + -уга (-uga).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
белу́га • (belúga) f
- beluga (cetacean of genus Delphinapterus leucas)
Declension edit
Declension of белу́га
Related terms edit
- белу́да (belúda, “white animal”) (dialectal)
- белу́шко m (belúško), белу́шка f (belúška)
- бело́к (belók, “whiteling”) (dialectal)
References edit
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
белу́га • (belúga) f anim (genitive белу́ги, nominative plural белу́ги, genitive plural белу́г)
- beluga (European sturgeon)
- (dated) beluga (white whale) (the term was used until the XIX century and is still sometimes confused with "белуха" - the modern term for "white whale")
Declension edit
Declension of белу́га (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- белу́ха (belúxa) (white whale)
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress