běły

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See also: bely and bėly

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

běły (comparative bělšy, superlative nejbělšy)

  1. white
  2. clean, pure
    běłe zgło ― a clean shirt
    běłe rubišćo ― a clean tablecloth

Declension

Declension of běły
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative běły běła běłe běłej běłe
Genitive běłego běłeje běłego běłeju běłych
Dative běłemu běłej běłemu běłyma běłym
Accusative běły
běłego (animate) 		běłu běłe běłej
běłeju (animate) 		běłe
běłych (optional animate form)
Instrumental běłym běłeju běłym běłyma běłymi
Locative běłem běłej běłem běłyma běłych

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “běły”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “běły”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪwɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪwɨ
  • Syllabification: bě‧ły

Adjective

běły (comparative běliši, superlative najběliši, absolute superlative nanajběliši, excessive přeběły, adverb běle)

  1. white
    Moje črije su běłe.
    My shoes are white.

Declension

Declension of běły
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile virile nonvirile
personal/animal inanimate
nominative, vocative běły běłe běła běłaj běłej běli běłe
genitive běłeho
běłoh¹ 		běłeje běłeju běłych
dative běłemu
běłom¹ 		běłej běłymaj běłym
accusative běłeho
běłoh¹ 		běły běłe běłu běłeju běłej běłych běłe
instrumental běłym běłej běłymaj běłymi
locative běłych

References

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