верталёт

Belarusian

верталёт

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вертолёт (vertoljót). By surface analysis, вярце́ць (vjarcjécʹ, “to twist”) +‎ ляце́ць (ljacjécʹ, “to fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲertaˈlʲot]

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Noun

верталёт • (vjertaljót) m inan (genitive верталёта, nominative plural верталёты, genitive plural верталётаў)

1. helicopter

   Synonym: гелікаптэ́р (hjelikaptér)

Inflection

Declension of верталёт (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	верталёт vjertaljót	верталёты vjertaljóty
genitive	верталёта vjertaljóta	верталётаў vjertaljótaŭ
dative	верталёту vjertaljótu	верталётам vjertaljótam
accusative	верталёт vjertaljót	верталёты vjertaljóty
instrumental	верталётам vjertaljótam	верталётамі vjertaljótami
locative	верталёце vjertaljócje	верталётах vjertaljótax
count form	—	верталёты1 vjertaljóty1

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

References

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