біля

Ukrainian

Etymology

From early піля (pilja) < *підля (*pidlja) < *пюдлѧ (*pjudlja) < *пѡдлѣ (*pôdlě), from Old Ruthenian подлѣ (podlě, near),[1] from Old East Slavic подьлѣ (podĭlě, by length), ultimately from по (po) + дьлѣ (dĭlě), prefixed variant of Proto-Slavic *dьlь (length).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲilʲɐ]
  • (file)

Preposition

бі́ля • (bílja) (+ genitive case)

  1. near, next to

References

  1. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “подьле, подьлы; подлѣ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 166
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “біля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 198

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