белена
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bel(e)nъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]белена́ • (belená) f inan (genitive белены́, uncountable)
- henbane
- белены́ объе́лся? ― belený obʺjélsja? ― are you crazy?
- 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter I, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
- Ру́тилов наклони́лся, оторва́л шерсти́стый сте́бель белены́, ско́мкал его́ вме́сте с ли́стьями и гря́зно-бе́лыми цвета́ми и, растира́я всё э́то па́льцами, поднёс к но́су Передо́нова.
- Rútilov naklonílsja, otorvál šerstístyj stébelʹ belený, skómkal jevó vméste s lístʹjami i grjázno-bélymi cvetámi i, rastirája vsjo éto pálʹcami, podnjós k nósu Peredónova.
- Routilov bent down, broke off a fleecy stalk of henbane, crumpled it up in his hand, together with the leaves and dirty white flowers, and crushing it all between his fingers, put it under Peredonov's nose.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- взбелени́ться pf (vzbelenítʹsja)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “белена”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “белена”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN
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