белуга
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga). Morphologically parsable as бял (bjal, “white”) + -уга (-uga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]белу́га • (belúga) f
- beluga (cetacean of genus Delphinapterus leucas)
Declension
[edit]Declension of белу́га
Related terms
[edit]- белу́да (belúda, “white animal”) (dialectal)
- белу́шко m (belúško), белу́шка f (belúška)
- бело́к (belók, “whiteling”) (dialectal)
References
[edit]- “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]белу́га • (belúga) f anim (genitive белу́ги, nominative plural белу́ги, genitive plural белу́г, relational adjective белу́жий)
- beluga (European sturgeon)
- (dated) beluga (white whale) (the term was used until the XIX century and is still sometimes confused with "белуха" - the modern term for "white whale")
Declension
[edit]Declension of белу́га (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- белу́ха (belúxa) (white whale)
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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