бельё
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See also: белье
Russian
Alternative forms
- бѣльё (bělʹjó) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
From бе́лый (bélyj) + -ьё (-ʹjó). Compare Polish bielizna. Also compare Hungarian fehérnemű, German Weißwaren, and English tighty whities or whites.
Pronunciation
Noun
бельё • (belʹjó) n inan (genitive белья́, uncountable, relational adjective бельево́й, pejorative бельи́шко)
- underwear, skivvies, underclothes, undergarment, undies
- bedclothes, linen
- washing (textiles that have been or are to be washed)
Declension
Declension of бельё (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
Compounds:
- гря́зное бельё n (grjáznoje belʹjó)
Related terms
- бе́лый (bélyj)
Collocations
- же́нское бельё n (žénskoje belʹjó)
- мужско́е бельё n (mužskóje belʹjó)
- нате́льное бельё n (natélʹnoje belʹjó)
- посте́льное бельё n (postélʹnoje belʹjó)
- сме́на белья́ f (sména belʹjá)
- чи́стое бельё n (čístoje belʹjó)
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: бельо́ (beljó)
References
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “бельё”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 84
- Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бельё”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 89
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “бельё”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “бельё”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 29
- See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “белый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 29
- Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бельё”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 87
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “белый”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.