Biłgoraj
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Biłgoraj.
Proper noun
Biłgoraj
- A town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.
Translations
Translations
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Polish
Etymology
Earlier Biełgoraj, from biały (“white”) + Goraj, the name of the nearby village from which the town's founders hailed. The first element became Bił- under the influence of Ukrainian (the town is located around 40 miles from the present-day border with Ukraine); compare Ukrainian бі́лий (bílyj, “white”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biwˈɡɔ.raj/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔraj
- Syllabification: Bił‧go‧raj
Proper noun
Biłgoraj m inan
- Biłgoraj (a town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)
Declension
Declension of Biłgoraj
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Biłgoraj |
| genitive | Biłgoraja |
| dative | Biłgorajowi |
| accusative | Biłgoraj |
| instrumental | Biłgorajem |
| locative | Biłgoraju |
| vocative | Biłgoraju |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
- biłgorajczyk
- biłgorajka
References
- ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biłgoraj”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 199