белег
Bulgarian
Etymology
Continues Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, ultimately of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *bel- (“to denote”). Apparently, the Bulgarian term was reanalyzed to fit the Slavic morphology as if from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) + -ег (-eg). Cognate with Hungarian bélyeg (“post mark”), Chuvash палӑк (palăk, “sign, symbol”), Kazakh белгі (belgı, “mark, sign”). Akin to the nickname Бѣлгоунъ (Bělgunŭ) of tzar Ivan Asen I, one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Tzardom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɛk]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation(key): бе‧лег
Noun
бе́лег • (béleg) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бе́лег béleg |
бе́лези, бе́леги1, бе́леци1 bélezi, bélegi1, béleci1 |
| definite (subject form) |
бе́легът bélegǎt |
бе́лезите, бе́легите1, бе́леците1 bélezite, bélegite1, bélecite1 |
| definite (object form) |
бе́лега bélega | |
| count form | — | бе́лега bélega |
1Archaic.
Derived terms
- бележа (beleža, “to note, to remark”)
- белязан (beljazan, “marked”)
- бележка (beležka, “note”)
- белчуг (belčug, “ring, handcuff”)
References
- “белег”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бѐлег”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 41
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, ultimately of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *bel- (“to denote”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɛk]
Noun
белег • (beleg) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | белег (beleg) | белези (belezi) |
| definite unspecified | белегот (belegot) | белезите (belezite) |
| definite proximal | белегов (belegov) | белезиве (belezive) |
| definite distal | белегон (belegon) | белезине (belezine) |
| vocative | белегу (belegu) | белези (belezi) |
| count form | — | белега (belega) |
Further reading
- “белег” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /běleɡ/
- Hyphenation: бе‧лег
Noun
бѐлег m inan (Latin spelling bèleg)
- mark, marker
- туморски белег ― tumor marker
- молекуларни белег ― molecular marker
- feature, trait, characteristic
- birthmark
- (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)
- свака фирма има свој лого и белег. ― Each company has its own logo and a stamp.
- sign, signal, symptom
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бѐлег | белези |
| genitive | бѐлега | белега |
| dative | белегу | белезима |
| accusative | белег | белеге |
| vocative | бележе | белези |
| locative | белегу | белезима |
| instrumental | белегом | белезима |
Further reading
- “белег”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Skok, Petar (1971) “белег”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
- “белег”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171