bełeça

Venetan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bellitia. By surface analysis, beło +‎ -eça.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈesa/, (most non-lagunar dialects) /-eˈle-/, (conservative dialects) /-eθa/, /-et͡sa/

Noun

bełeça f (plural bełeçe)

  1. beauty

References

  • beƚésa”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
  • Basso, Walter (2005) “beléssa”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 36
  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “belezza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 74a