змяя

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• зьмяя́ (zʹmjajá) — Taraškievica orthography
• źmiaja — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic змѣи (změi), from Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʲmʲaˈja]

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Noun

змяя́ • (zmjajá) f animal (genitive змяі́, nominative plural зме́і, genitive plural змей, relational adjective змяі́ны, diminutive зме́йка)

1. snake

Declension

Declension of змяя́ (anml soft fem-form accent-d а-е)

	singular	plural
nominative	змяя́ zmjajá	зме́і zmjéi
genitive	змяі́ zmjaí	змей zmjej
dative	змяі́ zmjaí	зме́ям zmjéjam
accusative	змяю́ zmjajú	змей zmjej
instrumental	змяёй, змяёю zmjajój, zmjajóju	зме́ямі zmjéjami
locative	змяі́ zmjaí	зме́ях zmjéjax
count form	—	змяі́1 zmjaí1

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

References

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