белка

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Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъka.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation(key): бел‧ка

Noun

бе́лка • (bélka) f

  1. beech marten, stone marten (Martes foina)

Declension

Declension of бе́лка
singular plural
indefinite бе́лка
bélka 		бе́лки
bélki
definite бе́лката
bélkata 		бе́лките
bélkite

References

  • “белка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “белка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

From бел (bel, “white”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

Noun

белка • (belka) f (plural белки)

  1. egg white, albumen, white (white of the egg; albumen)
  2. (anatomy) sclera, white (white of the eye)
  3. white female (Caucasian person)
    Synonym: белкинка f (belkinka)

Declension

Declension of белка
singular plural
indefinite белка белки
definite unspecified белката белките
definite proximal белкава белкиве
definite distal белкана белкине
vocative белке белки

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic бѣлъка (bělŭka, “squirrel”), diminutive of бѣла (běla, “squirrel”) (see -ка (-ka)), from бѣла вѣверица (běla věverica, “white squirrel”), from Proto-Slavic *bělъka. See бе́лый (bélyj, “white”), ве́верица (véverica, “squirrel; ermine, stoat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

бе́лка • (bélka) f anim (genitive бе́лки, nominative plural бе́лки, genitive plural бе́лок, relational adjective бе́личий, diminutive бе́лочка)

  1. squirrel (mammal)
    Synonym: (regional) ве́кша (vékša)
Declension
Declension of бе́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative бе́лка
bélka 		бе́лки
bélki
genitive бе́лки
bélki 		бе́лок
bélok
dative бе́лке
bélke 		бе́лкам
bélkam
accusative бе́лку
bélku 		бе́лок
bélok
instrumental бе́лкой, бе́лкою
bélkoj, bélkoju 		бе́лками
bélkami
prepositional бе́лке
bélke 		бе́лках
bélkax

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

белка́ • (belká) m inan

  1. genitive singular of бело́к (belók)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “белка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 82
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “белка”, 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 217
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