воўк

Belarusian

воўк

Alternative forms

• voŭk, woŭk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Belarusian волкъ (volk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Russian волк (volk), Ukrainian вовк (vovk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vou̯k]

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Noun

воўк • (voŭk) m animal (genitive во́ўка or ваўка́, nominative plural ваўкі́, genitive plural ваўко́ў, feminine ваўчы́ца or ваўчы́ха, relational adjective во́ўчы, diminutive ваўчо́к)

1. wolf

Declension

Declension of воўк (anml velar masc-form accent-c/b)

	singular	plural
nominative	воўк voŭk	ваўкі́ vaŭkí
genitive	во́ўка, ваўка́ vóŭka, vaŭká	ваўко́ў vaŭkóŭ
dative	во́ўку, ваўку́ vóŭku, vaŭkú	ваўка́м vaŭkám
accusative	во́ўка, ваўка́ vóŭka, vaŭká	ваўко́ў vaŭkóŭ
instrumental	во́ўкам, ваўко́м vóŭkam, vaŭkóm	ваўка́мі vaŭkámi
locative	во́ўку, ваўку́ vóŭku, vaŭkú	ваўка́х vaŭkáx
count form	—	во́ўкі1, ваўкі́1 vóŭki1, vaŭkí1

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

References

• “воўк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “воўк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)