маёнтак

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish majątek, perhaps from Czech majetek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈjontak]

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• Hyphenation: ма‧ё‧нтак

Noun

маёнтак • (majóntak) m inan (genitive маёнтка, nominative plural маёнткі, genitive plural маёнткаў, relational adjective маёнткавы)

1. (law) estate, holdings, landed estate, landed property, manor (land holding of a landlord, usually including a manor and house)

Declension

Declension of маёнтак (inan velar masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	маёнтак majóntak	маёнткі majóntki
genitive	маёнтка majóntka	маёнткаў majóntkaŭ
dative	маёнтку majóntku	маёнткам majóntkam
accusative	маёнтак majóntak	маёнткі majóntki
instrumental	маёнткам majóntkam	маёнткамі majóntkami
locative	маёнтку majóntku	маёнтках majóntkax
count form	—	маёнткі1 majóntki1

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

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “маёнтак”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• “маёнтак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “маёнтак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)