маладзец

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• maładziec, maladziec — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

малады́ (maladý) +‎ -ец (-jec). Compare Russian молоде́ц (molodéc), Ukrainian молоде́ць (molodécʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɫaˈd͡zʲet͡s]

Noun

маладзе́ц • (maladzjéc) m pers (genitive малайца́, nominative plural малайцы́, genitive plural малайцо́ў)

1. young man
2. brave person

Usage notes

• Note the irregular declension compared with other nouns ending in -дзец (e.g. малайца instead of маладца); compare ірла́ндзец (irlándzjec), селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), both with singular genitive forms ending in -дца.

Declension

Declension of маладзе́ц (pr hard masc-form accent-b reduc irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	маладзе́ц maladzjéc	малайцы́ malajcý
genitive	малайца́ malajcá	малайцо́ў malajcóŭ
dative	малайцу́ malajcú	малайца́м malajcám
accusative	малайца́ malajcá	малайцо́ў malajcóŭ
instrumental	малайцо́м malajcóm	малайца́мі malajcámi
locative	малайце́ malajcjé	малайца́х malajcáx
count form	—	малайцы́1 malajcý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Interjection

маладзе́ц! • (maladzjéc!)

1. well done! attaboy! attagirl!

Related terms

• маладзёж (maladzjóž)
• малайчы́на (malajčýna)

References

• “маладзец” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org