белави

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak belavý, from Proto-Slavic *bělavъ. Cognates include Czech bělavý (“whitish”) and Slovak belavý (“whitish”). By surface analysis, били (bili) +‎ -ави (-avi). The semantic shift from expected "whitish" to "blue" may have occurred due to conflation between the two senses of Serbo-Croatian плав／plav (“light blonde; blue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈlavi]
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: бе‧ла‧ви

Adjective

белави (belavi) (not comparable)

1. blue
2. gray-blue

   Near-synonym: шиви (šivi)

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

adjectives

• белависти (belavisti)
• белавкасти (belavkasti)

 

nouns

• белава косатка f (belava kosatka)
• белава парадича f (belava paradiča)
• белаве n (belave)
• белавидло n (belavidlo)

 

verbs

• белавиц impf (belavic)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “белави”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “blue”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 40