белуга

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga). Morphologically parsable as бял (bjal, “white”) +‎ -уга (-uga).

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈɫuɡɐ]

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белу́га • (belúga) f

1. beluga (cetacean of genus Delphinapterus leucas)

• белу́да (belúda, “white animal”) (dialectal)
• белу́шко m (belúško), белу́шка f (belúška)
• бело́к (belók, “whiteling”) (dialectal)

• “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

бе́лый (bélyj) +‎ -уга (-uga)

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪˈɫuɡə]

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белу́га • (belúga) f anim (genitive белу́ги, nominative plural белу́ги, genitive plural белу́г, relational adjective белу́жий)

1. beluga (European sturgeon)
2. (dated) beluga (white whale) (the term was used until the XIX century and is still sometimes confused with "белуха" - the modern term for "white whale")

   парохо́д ревёт белу́гой

   paroxód revjót belúgoj

   the steamboat roars like a beluga

• → English: beluga
• → German: Beluga
• → Ingrian: beluga
• → Polish: bieługa

• белу́ха (belúxa) (white whale)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “белуга”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 83
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “белуга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 88
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “белуга”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “белуга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 29
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “белуга”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 57
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “белуга I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 80