аснова

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian основа (osnova), from Old East Slavic основа (osnova), from Proto-Slavic *osnova. Cognate with Russian осно́ва (osnóva), Ukrainian осно́ва (osnóva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈsnova]

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Noun

асно́ва • (asnóva) f inan (genitive асно́вы, nominative plural асно́вы, genitive plural асно́ў)

1. basis, foundation, base
2. (in the plural) fundamentals, essential principles, ABC, basics, foundation
3. (linguistics) stem

Declension

Declension of асно́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	асно́ва asnóva	асно́вы asnóvy
genitive	асно́вы asnóvy	асно́ў asnóŭ
dative	асно́ве asnóvje	асно́вам asnóvam
accusative	асно́ву asnóvu	асно́вы asnóvy
instrumental	асно́вай, асно́ваю asnóvaj, asnóvaju	асно́вамі asnóvami
locative	асно́ве asnóvje	асно́вах asnóvax
count form	—	асно́вы1 asnóvy1

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

Synonyms

1. падстава, глеба, грунт, база, падмурак, фундамент
2. устоі
3. корань

Derived terms

• асноватво́рны (asnovatvórny)
• асно́ўны (asnóŭny)
• заснава́ць (zasnavácʹ)

References

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