Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From бѣлъ (bělŭ, white) +‎ ().

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beːlɪ//bʲeːlʲɪ//bʲɛːlʲ/, /bʲeːlʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /beːlɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bʲeːlʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛːlʲ/, /bʲeːlʲ/
  • Hyphenation: бѣ‧ль

Noun

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бѣль (bělĭm

  1. bleach

Declension

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Noun

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бѣль (bělĭf

  1. white, whiteness

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: бель (belʹ)
  • Russian: бель (belʹ)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бѣль”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 219