belka
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Inherited from Old Polish balka, with an unexpected shift of a > e first occurring in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian balka and Slovincian balka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]belka f (diminutive beleczka, augmentative bela, related adjective belkowy)
- beam (large piece of timber or iron)
- stripe (badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces)
- Hypernym: naszywka
- (in the plural, obsolete, architecture) ceiling built on beams
- (obsolete) piece of clay formed into an octagon
- (Middle Polish, heraldry) long, monochromatic stripe on a coat of arms
- (Middle Polish) construction element of a stringed instrument
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- belka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- belka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- belka in PWN's encyclopedia
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “balka, belka, balk, bałk, bałek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Wiesław Morawski (18.12.2008) “BELKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “belka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “belka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “belka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 112
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlka
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlka/2 syllables
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- pl:Architectural elements
- Middle Polish
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