Fromбе́лый(bélyj) +-ьё(-ʹjó). ComparePolishbielizna. Also compare Hungarianfehérnemű, GermanWeißwaren, and Englishtighty whities orwhites.
Compare typologically Czechprádlo(“laundry (things to be laundered)”),prádélko(“diminutive ofprádlo;lingerie”) (noteбельи́шко(belʹíško)).
бельё• (belʹjó) n inan (genitiveбелья́,uncountable,relational adjectiveбельево́й,pejorativeбельи́шко)
- underwear,skivvies,underclothes,undergarment,undies
- bedclothes,linen
- washing(textiles that have been or are to be washed)
| singular |
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| nominative | бельё
belʹjó |
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| genitive | белья́
belʹjá |
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| dative | белью́
belʹjú |
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| accusative | бельё
belʹjó |
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| instrumental | бельём
belʹjóm |
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| prepositional | белье́
belʹjé |
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Compounds:
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “бельё”, inИсторико-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1(а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang.,→ISBN, page84
- Shansky, N. M. (1965), “бельё”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2(Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page89
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “бельё”, inŠkolʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “бельё”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola,→ISBN, page29
- See:Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “белый”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola,→ISBN, page29
- Anikin, A. E. (2009), “бельё”, inРусский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3(бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus,→ISBN,page87
