белоснежный

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲɪɫɐsʲˈnʲeʐnɨj]
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Adjective

белосне́жный • (belosnéžnyj)

snow-white

Declension

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Derived terms

белосне́жно (belosnéžno)
белосне́жность (belosnéžnostʹ)

Related terms

Белосне́жка (Belosnéžka, “Snow White”)

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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