белила

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛliɫa]
• Hyphenation: бе‧ли‧ла

белила • (belila)

1. inflection of белило n (belilo):
   1. indefinite plural
   2. vocative plural

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪˈlʲiɫə]

From Old East Slavic бѣлило (bělilo), from Proto-Slavic *bělidlo. By surface analysis, бели́ть (belítʹ) +‎ -ло (-lo). Compare German Bleiweiß (Polish blejwajs) from Blei + Weiß. Also compare черни́ла (černíla).

бели́ла • (belíla) n inan pl (genitive бели́л, plural only)

1. ceruse, whitewash, whiting

• бели́ть impf (belítʹ)
• бе́лый (bélyj)

• черни́ла n pl (černíla)

• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “белила”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 85
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “белила І”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 71

бели́ла • (belíla)

1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of бели́ть (belítʹ)