beleg

See also: Beleg

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːlek/

Noun

beleg m (plural beleien)

1. priest

Derived terms

• belegiezh

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɛx/

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• Hyphenation: be‧leg
• Rhymes: -ɛx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belegge, from beleggen (modern beleggen).

Noun

beleg n (uncountable)

1. (military) siege on a city
2. bread topping

Synonyms

(siege):

• belegering

(bread topping):

• broodbeleg
• broodbelegsel

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: belèg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beleg

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of beleggen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of beleggen

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): bìljeg
• (regional Ijekavian): bjèleg, bjèljeg

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běleɡ/
• Hyphenation: be‧leg

Noun

bèleg m (Cyrillic spelling бѐлег)

1. mark, marker

   tumorski beleg ― tumor marker

   molekularni beleg ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   svaka firma ima svoj logo i beleg ― each company has its own logo and a stamp

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

Declension of beleg

	singular	plural
nominative	bèleg	belezi
genitive	bèlega	belega
dative	belegu	belezima
accusative	beleg	belege
vocative	beleže	belezi
locative	belegu	belezima
instrumental	belegom	belezima

References

• “beleg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Template:R:sh:Skok1971
• “beleg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171