Macedonian

Noun

белег • ‎(beleg) m

1. mark

Inflection

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): бѝљег
• (regional Ijekavian): бјѐлег, бјѐљег

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běleɡ/
• Hyphenation: бе‧лег

Noun

бѐлег m ‎(Latin spelling bèleg)

1. mark, marker

   туморски белег‎ ― tumor marker

   молекуларни белег‎ ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   свака фирма има свој лого и белег‎ ― each company has its own logo and a stamp

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

References

• “белег” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
• Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 1, page 171