[ˈbɛlɛk]
OriginContinues Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, ultimately of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *bel- (“to denote”). Apparently, the Bulgarian term was reanalyzed to fit the Slavic morphology as if from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) + -ег (-eg). Cognate with Hungarian bélyeg (“post mark”), Chuvash палӑк (palăk, “sign, symbol”), Kazakh белгі (belgı, “mark, sign”). Akin to the nickname Бѣлгоунъ (Bělgunŭ) of tzar Ivan Asen I, one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Tzardom.
Formsбе́лег(canonical, masculine) · béleg(romanization) · бе́лег(indefinite, singular) · бе́лези(indefinite, plural) · бе́леги(archaic, indefinite, plural) · бе́леци(archaic, indefinite, plural) · бе́легът(definite, singular, subjective) · бе́лезите(definite, plural, subjective) · бе́легите(archaic, definite, plural, subjective) · бе́леците(archaic, definite, plural, subjective) · бе́лега(definite, objective, singular) · бе́лезите(definite, objective, plural) · бе́легите(archaic, definite, objective, plural) · бе́леците(archaic, definite, objective, plural) · -(count-form, singular) · бе́лега(count-form, plural)