жыд

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic жидъ (židŭ, “Jew”), from Proto-Slavic *židъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨt]

Noun

жыд • (žyd) m pers (genitive жы́да, nominative plural жыды́, genitive plural жыдо́ў, feminine жыдо́ўка, relational adjective жыдо́ўскі)

1. (archaic) Jew
2. (offensive) Jew, kike

   Synonyms: яўрэ́й (jaŭréj), (Taraškievica) габрэ́й (habréj)

Usage notes

• Historically it was a regular, non-offensive term but with the Russian influence (compare with Russian жид (žid)), it can now be very offensive.
• Some users still consider the term non-offensive.

Declension

Declension of жыд (pr hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	жыд žyd	жыды́ žydý
genitive	жы́да žýda	жыдо́ў žydóŭ
dative	жы́ду žýdu	жыда́м žydám
accusative	жы́да žýda	жыдо́ў žydóŭ
instrumental	жы́дам žýdam	жыда́мі žydámi
locative	жы́дзе žýdzje	жыда́х žydáx
vocative	жы́дзе žýdzje	—
count form	—	жы́ды1 žýdy1

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

References

• “жыд” in Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org