роў

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rou̯]

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Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic ровъ (rovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rovъ (“ditch, pitch”), from *ryti (“to dig”) (whence рыць (rycʹ)).

Noun

роў • (roŭ) m inan (genitive ро́ва, nominative plural равы́, genitive plural раво́ў)

1. ditch, trench, moat

Declension

Declension of роў (inan hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	роў roŭ	равы́ ravý
genitive	ро́ва róva	раво́ў ravóŭ
dative	ро́ву róvu	рава́м ravám
accusative	роў roŭ	равы́ ravý
instrumental	ро́вам róvam	рава́мі ravámi
locative	ро́ве róvje	рава́х raváx
count form	—	ро́вы1 róvy1

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

Etymology 2

From the root of раўці́ (raŭcí, “to roar”). Cognates include Russian рёв (rjov), Ukrainian рев (rev).

Noun

роў • (roŭ) m inan (genitive ро́ва, uncountable)

1. roar, bellow (long, loud, deep shout)
2. howl (loud cry)

Declension

Declension of роў (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	роў roŭ
genitive	ро́ва róva
dative	ро́ву róvu
accusative	роў roŭ
instrumental	ро́вам róvam
locative	ро́ве róvje

References

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