bielica

See also: bielicą, Bielica, and Bielicą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bielica, from Proto-Slavic *bělica. By surface analysis, biały +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bjɛˈli.t͡sa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /bjɛˈli.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: bie‧li‧ca
• Homophone: Bielica

Noun

bielica f

1. podzol
2. (rare) Alternative form of bylica (“artemisia”)
3. (Near Masovian) type of poor, sandy, and inferior soil

Declension

Declension of bielica

	singular	plural
nominative	bielica	bielice
genitive	bielicy	bielic
dative	bielicy	bielicom
accusative	bielicę	bielice
instrumental	bielicą	bielicami
locative	bielicy	bielicach
vocative	bielico	bielice

Derived terms

adjective

• bielicowy

 

noun

• bielicowanie

 

verb

• bielicować

 

Related terms

adjective

• biały

 

Further reading

• bielica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “bielica”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363