Movatterモバイル変換

beautiful
- 1877, Antonio Ive,Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page68:
  Ma sulo i tuoibai uoci, anema meîa,
  But only yourbeautiful eyes, oh soul of mine,

Related terms

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balissa

Maltese

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Root
b-w-l
2 terms

Etymology

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FromArabicبالَ(bāla).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /bɪːl/

Verb

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biel (imperfectjbul)

(chiefly informal) topee,piss,urinate
Synonyms:għadda l-awrina,għamel l-awrina,(rarely)awrina

Usage notes

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This verb is usually equivalent to English “pee” or “piss” (though not as vulgar as the latter). However,biel is at times found in formal texts, as it is the inherited Arabic word and may thus be favoured in purist style.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbiel
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	bilt	bilt	biel	bilna	biltu	bielu
perfect	f	bilt	bilt	bielet	bilna	biltu	bielu
imperfect	m	nbul	tbul	jbul	nbulu	tbulu	jbulu
imperfect	f	nbul	tbul	tbul	nbulu	tbulu	jbulu
imperative			bul			bulu

Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*bělъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE)/bjɛːlʲ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE)/bjelʲ/

Noun

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biel m animacy unattested

wheat flour
- 1930 [c.1455], “Ex”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor,Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^[1],9, 32:
  Pszenycza abyel nye gest zabyta (triticum autem et far non sunt laesa)
  [Pszenica abiel nie jest zabita (triticum autem et far non sunt laesa)]
- 1874-1891 [15th century],Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^[2],[3],[4], volume XXIV,Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship,Kcynia, page65:
  Saciatus hoc ex adipebely tritico
  [Saciatus hoc ex adipebieli tritico]
unsaltedfat
- 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor,Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[5], number472:
  Beel, polecz slonini albugium, lardum
  [Biel, połeć, słoniny albugium, lardum]
mud,swamp
- 1912-1930 [1426],Monumenta Iuris cura praepositorum Chartophylacio Maximo Varsoviensi, volume V, page40:
  Paludinem dictambyel
  [Paludinem dictambiel]
- 1912-1930 [1427],Monumenta Iuris cura praepositorum Chartophylacio Maximo Varsoviensi, volume V, page82:
  Octo mansos... in vertice Maslowabyel sitos
  [Octo mansos... in vertice Masłowabiel sitos]
white lead
- 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor,Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[6], number33:
  Byel cerusa
  [Biel cerusa]
(attested in Lesser Poland)The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1907 [c.1470],Jakub Parkoszowic, edited byJan Łoś,Traktat o ortografii polskiej‎^[7],Żurawica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship,Krakow, page401:
  Omnes eciam vocales modo longantur modo patulo breviantur. Ex quarum longacione et breviacione diversus consurgit sensus diccionum. Exemplum... de e sicutbeel, bel
  [Omnes eciam vocales modo longantur modo patulo breviantur. Ex quarum longacione et breviacione diversus consurgit sensus diccionum. Exemplum... de e sicutbiēl, biĕl]

References

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B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “biel”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN