белена
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bel(e)nъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
белена́ • (belená) f inan (genitive белены́, uncountable)
- henbane
- белены́ объе́лся? ― belený obʺjélsja? ― are you crazy?
- 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter I, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
- Ру́тилов наклони́лся, оторва́л шерсти́стый сте́бель белены́, ско́мкал его́ вме́сте с ли́стьями и гря́зно-бе́лыми цвета́ми и, растира́я всё это па́льцами, поднё́с к но́су Передо́нова.
- Rútilov naklonílsja, otorvál šerstístyj stébelʹ belený, skómkal jevó vméste s lístʹjami i grjázno-bélymi cvetámi i, rastirája vsjo eto pálʹcami, podnjós k nósu Peredónova.
- Routilov bent down, broke off a fleecy stalk of henbane, crumpled it up in his hand, together with the leaves and dirty white flowers, and crushing it all between his fingers, put it under Peredonov's nose.
Declension
Further reading
- белена in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru