бакалея

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bakalie and influenced by Ukrainian бакалі́я (bakalíja), from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bakaˈlʲeja]
  • Rhymes: -eja
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ка‧лея

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaljéjaf inan (genitive бакале́і, uncountable, relational adjective бакале́йны)

  1. (collective) groceries

Declension

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “бакалея”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

Further reading

  • бакалея” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • бакалея”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bakkal, from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəkɐˈlʲejə]

Noun

бакале́я • (bakaléjaf inan (genitive бакале́и, nominative plural бакале́и, genitive plural бакале́й)

  1. (collective) groceries
  2. grocery store, grocery department

Declension

Descendants

  • ? Lithuanian: bakalėja