бѣль

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From бѣлъ (bělŭ, white) +‎ ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːlɪ//ˈbʲeːlʲɪ//ˈbʲɛːlʲ/, /ˈbʲeːlʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbeːlɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːlʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛːlʲ/, /ˈbʲeːlʲ/

  • Hyphenation: бѣ‧ль

Noun

бѣль (bělĭm

  1. bleach

Declension

Noun

бѣль (bělĭf

  1. white, whiteness

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бель (belʹ)
  • Russian: бель (belʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бѣль”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 219