See also: Białek and Bialek

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały +‎ ek. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bjaːɫɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bjɒɫɛk/

Noun edit

białek m animacy unattested

  1. albumen, egg white
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Tob”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 11, 14:
      Seszlo byelmo z gego oczu iako myøzdra z byalku iagecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)
      [Seszło bielmo z jego oczu jako miązdra z białku jajecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)]

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Descendants edit

  • Polish: białek

References edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Polish białek, from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały +‎ -ek.

Noun edit

białek m animal

  1. a land snail of the genus Carychium
Declension edit

Noun edit

białek m inan

  1. (obsolete) albumen, egg white
    Synonym: białko
  2. (obsolete) sclera
    Synonym: białko
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
adjective

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

białek n

  1. genitive plural of białko

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

białek f

  1. genitive plural of białka

Further reading edit

  • białek in Polish dictionaries at PWN