bielec

See also: Bielec and bieleć

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěti. By surface analysis, biôłi +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjɛ.lɛt͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: bie‧lec

Verb

bielec impf (perfective zbielec)

  1. (intransitive) to whiten (to shine or become white)
  2. (intransitive, of hair) to whiten, to go gray (become white)
adjective
nouns
  • bielmò
  • bielëzna
  • biél
  • biôłosc
  • biôłé
verb
  • bielëc

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “bielec”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bielec”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 103
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bieleć”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bieleć”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • bielec”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022