białek

See also: Białek and Bialek

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały + ek. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bjaːɫɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bjɒɫɛk/

Noun

białek m animacy unattested

  1. albumen, egg white
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Tob”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 11, 14:
      Seszlo byelmo z gego oczu iako myøzdra z byalku iagecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)
      [Seszło bielmo z jego oczu jako miązdra z białku jajecznego (et coepit albugo ex oculis eius quasi membrana ovi egredi)]
verbs
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: białek

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.wɛk/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbjɒ.ɫɛk/
  • Rhymes: -awɛk
  • Syllabification: bia‧łek
  • Homophone: Białek

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish białek, from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały + -ek.

Noun

białek m animal

  1. a land snail of the genus Carychium
Declension

Noun

białek m inan

  1. (obsolete) albumen, egg white
    Synonym: białko
  2. (obsolete) sclera
    Synonym: białko
Declension
Derived terms
adjective

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

białek n

  1. genitive plural of białko

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

białek f

  1. genitive plural of białka

Further reading

  • białek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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