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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak belavý, from Proto-Slavic *bělavъ. Cognates include Czech bělavý (“whitish”) and Slovak belavý (“whitish”). By surface analysis, били (bili) + -ави (-avi). The semantic shift from expected "whitish" to "blue" may have occurred due to conflation between the two senses of Serbo-Croatian плав / plav (“light blonde; blue”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
белави (belavi) (not comparable)
- blue
- gray-blue
- Near-synonym: шиви (šivi)
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “белави”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “blue”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 40