biely

See also: bielý and Biely

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪ̯eli/, [ˈbɪ̯eli]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯eli
• Hyphenation: bie‧ly

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Adjective

biely (comparative belší, superlative najbelší, adverb bielo)

1. white

   Antonym: čierny

Declension

Declension of biely (hard-short)

singular
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	biely		biela	biele
genitive	bieleho		bielej	bieleho
dative	bielemu		bielej	bielemu
accusative	bieleho	biely	bielu	biele
locative	bielom		bielej	bielom
instrumental	bielym		bielou	bielym
plural
	masculine		feminine/neuter
	virile	nonvirile
nominative	bieli	biele
genitive	bielych
dative	bielym
accusative	bielych	biele
locative	bielych
instrumental	bielymi

Derived terms

• belavý
• belieť
• beloch
• bieliť
• bielo
• bielok
• bielosť
• dobiela
• nabielo

See also

Colors in Slovak · farby (layout · text)

biela	sivá	čierna
červená; karmínová	oranžová; hnedá	žltá; béžová
	zelená	tmavozelená
azúrová; zelenomodrá	modrá	modrá
fialová; indigo	purpurová; fialová	ružová

Further reading

• “biely”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026