Biłgoraj
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Earlier Biełgoraj, from biały (“white”) + Goraj, the name of the nearby village from which the town's founders hailed. The first element became Bił- under the influence of Ukrainian (the town is located around 40 miles from the present-day border with Ukraine); compare Ukrainian бі́лий (bílyj, “white”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Biłgoraj m inan
- Biłgoraj (a town in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Biłgoraj
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Biłgoraj |
| genitive | Biłgoraja |
| dative | Biłgorajowi |
| accusative | Biłgoraj |
| instrumental | Biłgorajem |
| locative | Biłgoraju |
| vocative | Biłgoraju |
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
nouns
References[edit]
- ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biłgoraj”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 199