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белег

/[ˈbɛlɛk]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    scar
    • (by extension) → mark

  2. 2.
    sign, symbol

Synonyms & related words

Word family

Etymology

Continues Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, ultimately of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *bel- (“to denote”). Apparently, the Bulgarian term was reanalyzed to fit the Slavic morphology as if from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) + -ег (-eg). Cognate with Hungarian bélyeg (“post mark”), Chuvash палӑк (palăk, “sign, symbol”), Kazakh белгі (belgı, “mark, sign”). Akin to the nickname Бѣлгоунъ (Bělgunŭ) of tzar Ivan Asen I, one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Tzardom.

Forms

  • бе́легcanonical • masculine
  • bélegromanization
  • бе́легindefinite • singular
  • бе́лезиindefinite • plural
  • бе́легиarchaic • indefinite • plural
  • бе́лециarchaic • indefinite • plural
  • бе́легътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • бе́лезитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • бе́легитеarchaic • definite • plural • subjective
  • бе́лецитеarchaic • definite • plural • subjective
  • бе́легаdefinite • objective • singular
  • бе́лезитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • бе́легитеarchaic • definite • objective • plural
  • бе́лецитеarchaic • definite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • бе́легаcount-form • plural

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