белка

Macedonian

Etymology

From бел (bel, “white”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

белка • (belka) f (plural белки)

1. egg white, albumen
2. white of the eye, sclera
3. white female

Inflection

Declension of белка

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

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Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲeɫkə]

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Noun

бе́лка • (bélka) f anim (genitive бе́лки, nominative plural бе́лки, genitive plural бе́лок)

1. squirrel (mammal)

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

Synonyms

• ве́кша (vékša)

Related terms

• беличий (beličij)
• белочка (beločka)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪɫˈka]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “белка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

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Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “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]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences