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Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish bakalie and influenced by Ukrainian бакалі́я (bakalíja), from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
бакале́я • (bakaljéja) f inan (genitive бакале́і, uncountable, relational adjective бакале́йны)
- (collective) groceries
Declension
Declension of бакале́я (inan sg-only soft fem-form accent-a)
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “бакалея”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Further reading
- “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
Noun
бакале́я • (bakaléja) f inan (genitive бакале́и, nominative plural бакале́и, genitive plural бакале́й)
- (collective) groceries
- grocery store, grocery department
Declension
Descendants