beleg

See also: Beleg

Breton

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːlek/

Noun

beleg m (plural beleien)

1. priest

Derived terms

• belegiezh

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɛx/

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• Hyphenation: be‧leg
• Rhymes: -ɛx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belegge, from beleggen (modern beleggen).

Noun

beleg n (uncountable)

1. (military) siege on a city
2. bread topping

Synonyms

(siege):

• belegering

(bread topping):

• broodbeleg
• broodbelegsel

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: belèg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beleg

1. inflection of beleggen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bìljeg (Ijekavian)
• bjèleg, bjèljeg (regional Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běleɡ/
• Hyphenation: be‧leg

Noun

bèleg m (Cyrillic spelling бѐлег)

1. mark, marker

   tumorski beleg ― tumor marker

   molekularni beleg ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   Svaka firma ima svoj logo i beleg. ― Each company has its own logo and a stamp.

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

Declension of beleg

	singular	plural
nominative	bèleg	belezi
genitive	bèlega	belega
dative	belegu	belezima
accusative	beleg	belege
vocative	beleže	belezi
locative	belegu	belezima
instrumental	belegom	belezima

References

• “beleg”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Skok, Petar (1971) “beleg”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
• “beleg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171