бѣль

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) +‎ -ь (-ĭ).

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /beːlɪ/

(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /bʲeːlʲɪ/

(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /bʲɛːlʲ/, /bʲeːlʲ/
Hyphenation: бѣ‧ль

Noun

бѣль (bělĭ) m

bleach

Declension

Declension of бѣль (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	бѣль bělĭ	бѣли běli	бѣлие bělie
Genitive	бѣли běli	бѣлию běliju	бѣлии bělii
Dative	бѣли běli	бѣльма bělĭma	бѣльмъ bělĭmŭ
Accusative	бѣль bělĭ	бѣли běli	бѣли běli
Instrumental	бѣльмь bělĭmĭ	бѣльма bělĭma	бѣльми bělĭmi
Locative	бѣли běli	бѣлию běliju	бѣльхъ bělĭxŭ
Vocative	бѣли běli	бѣли běli	бѣлие bělie

Noun

бѣль (bělĭ) f

white, whiteness

Declension

Declension of бѣль (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	бѣль bělĭ	бѣли běli	бѣли běli
Genitive	бѣли běli	бѣлию běliju	бѣлии bělii
Dative	бѣли běli	бѣльма bělĭma	бѣльмъ bělĭmŭ
Accusative	бѣль bělĭ	бѣли běli	бѣли běli
Instrumental	бѣлиѭ bělijǫ	бѣльма bělĭma	бѣльми bělĭmi
Locative	бѣли běli	бѣлию běliju	бѣльхъ bělĭxŭ
Vocative	бѣли běli	бѣли běli	бѣли běli

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: бель (belʹ)
Russian: бель (belʹ)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бѣль”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 219

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