bełeça

Venetian

Alternative forms

• bełesa, belesa, belessa, beléssa, belezza, bełézsa, belezha, beesa, beleza — alternative spellings

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bellitia. By surface analysis, beło +‎ -eça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈesa/, (most non-lagunar dialects) /-eˈle-/, (conservative dialects) /-eθa/, /-et͡sa/

Noun

bełeça f (plural bełeçe)

1. beauty

References

• “beƚésa”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
• Basso, Walter (2005) “beléssa”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 36
• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “belezza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 74a