зваць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зъвати (zŭvati), from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zvat͡sʲ]

Verb

зваць • (zvacʹ) impf (perfective пазва́ць)

1. to call

   Synonym: клі́каць (klíkacʹ)

   Як цябе́ заву́ць? (informal) ― Jak cjabjé zavúcʹ? ― What is your name? (literally, “What do (they) call you?”)

2. to summon
3. to invite

Conjugation

Conjugation of зваць (class 6°b, imperfective, transitive, irregular)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	зваць zvacʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	зва́ны zvány
adverbial	завучы́ zavučý	зва́ўшы zváŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	заву́ zavú	бу́ду зва́ць búdu zvácʹ
2nd singular ты	заве́ш zavjéš	бу́дзеш зва́ць búdzješ zvácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	заве́ zavjé	бу́дзе зва́ць búdzje zvácʹ
1st plural мы	завём zavjóm	бу́дзем зва́ць búdzjem zvácʹ
2nd plural вы	завяце́ zavjacjé	бу́дзеце зва́ць búdzjecje zvácʹ
3rd plural яны́	заву́ць zavúcʹ	бу́дуць зва́ць búducʹ zvácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	заві́ zaví	заві́це zavícje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	зваў zvaŭ	зва́лі zváli
feminine я / ты / яна́	зва́ла zvála
neuter яно́	зва́ла zvála

References

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