białek

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See also: Białek and Bialek

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały +‎ ek. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bjaːɫɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bjɒɫɛk/

Noun

białek m animacy unattested

  1. albumen, egg white
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Tob”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 11, 14:
      Seszlo byelmo z gego oczu iako myøzdra z byalku iagecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)
      [Seszło bielmo z jego oczu jako miązdra z białku jajecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)]
verbs
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: białek

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “białek”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish białek, from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały +‎ -ek.

Noun

białek m animal

  1. a land snail of the genus Carychium
Declension
Declension of białek
singular plural
nominative białek białki
genitive białka białków
dative białkowi białkom
accusative białka białki
instrumental białkiem białkami
locative białku białkach
vocative białku białki

Noun

białek m inan

  1. (obsolete) albumen, egg white
    Synonym: białko
  2. (obsolete) sclera
    Synonym: białko
Declension
Declension of białek
singular plural
nominative białek białki
genitive białka białków
dative białkowi białkom
accusative białek białki
instrumental białkiem białkami
locative białku białkach
vocative białku białki
Derived terms
adjective

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

białek n

  1. genitive plural of białko

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

białek f

  1. genitive plural of białka

Further reading

  • białek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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