цыбуліна

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• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨˈbulʲina]

цыбу́ліна • (cybúlina) f inan (genitive цыбу́ліны, nominative plural цыбу́ліны, genitive plural цыбу́лін)

2. onion (the bulb of an onion)
4. (botany) bulb (the bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip)
5. (anatomy) bulb (the base of a hair's root, the aortic bulb, etc.)
7. (figuratively, architecture) onion-shaped dome of a Russian church
   • 2008 February 11, “На клецкім касьцёле можа зьявіцца «цыбуліна»”, in Naša Niva‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 January 2023:

     Настаяцель мясцовага праваслаўнага прыходу айцец Матфей Белавус мерыцца пачапіць на дах былога касьцёлу дамініканскага кляштара канца ХVII ст. пазалочаны купал-цыбуліну.

     Nastajacjelʹ mjascóvaha pravaslawnaha pryxódu ajcjec Matfjej Bjelavus mjerycca pačapicʹ na dax bylóha kasʹcjólu daminikanskaha kljaštara kanca XVII st. pazalóčany kupal-cybulinu.

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• In Belarusian, a single onion bulb is called цыбу́ліна (cybúlina), and the plural form of this word is used for multiple bulbs, whereas цыбу́ля (cybúlja) refers to onions as a general substance or ingredient.

• “цыбуліна” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "цыбуліна" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum