белоснежный

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1795. бе́лый (bélyj, white) + -о- (-o-) + снег (sneg, snow) + -ный (-nyj), calque of German schneeweiß.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪlɐsʲˈnʲeʐnɨj]
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Adjective

белосне́жный (belosnéžnyj)

  1. snow-white

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), белоснежный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 53
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