Мінск

See also: Минск

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• Менск (Mjensk) — Taraškievica orthography
• Miensk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Мѣнскъ (Měnsk), from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ (Měnĭskŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲinsk]
• Rhymes: -insk
• Hyphenation: Мінск

Proper noun

Мінск • (Minsk) m inan (genitive Мі́нска, uncountable, relational adjective мі́нскі)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

Declension

Declension of Мінск (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Мінск Minsk
genitive	Мі́нска Mínska
dative	Мі́нску Mínsku
accusative	Мінск Minsk
instrumental	Мі́нскам Mínskam
locative	Мі́нску Mínsku

Derived terms

proper nouns

• Мі́ншчына f inan (Mínščyna)

 

Related terms

nouns

• мінча́нін m pers (minčánin)
• мінчу́к m pers (minčúk)

 

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Минск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “Мінск” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org