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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělъkъ
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From *bělъ (“white”) + *-ъkъ. The Church Slavonic and Bulgarian forms reflect *běl(ъ)tъkъ, constructed in analogy with *žьltъkъ (“yolk”).
Inflection
    
Declension of *bělъkъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bělъkъ | *bělъka | *bělъci | 
| genitive | *bělъka | *bělъku | *bělъkъ | 
| dative | *bělъku | *bělъkoma | *bělъkomъ | 
| accusative | *bělъkъ | *bělъka | *bělъky | 
| instrumental | *bělъkъmь, *bělъkomь* | *bělъkoma | *bělъky | 
| locative | *bělъcě | *bělъku | *bělъcěxъ | 
| vocative | *bělъče | *bělъka | *bělъci | 
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
    
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 82
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