biely

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi̯ɛli/

Adjective

biely (comparative belší, superlative najbelší)

1. white

Declension

Declension of biely

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
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 animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	bieli	biele
genitive	bielych
dative	bielym
accusative	bielych	biele
locative	bielych
instrumental	bielymi

Derived terms

• dobiela
• nabielo
• bielo
• bielosť f

References

• “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, 2024