воўк

Belarusian

воўк

Alternative forms

• voŭk, woŭk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Middle Belarusian волкъ (volk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Russian волк (volk), Ukrainian вовк (vovk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vou̯k]

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Noun

воўк • (vowk) m animal (genitive во́ўка or ваўка́, nominative plural ваўкі́, genitive plural ваўко́ў, female equivalent ваўчы́ца or ваўчы́ха, relational adjective во́ўчы, diminutive ваўчо́к)

1. wolf

Declension

Declension of воўк (anml velar masc-form accent-c/b)

	singular	plural
nominative	воўк vowk	ваўкі́ vawkí
genitive	во́ўка, ваўка́ vówka, vawká	ваўко́ў vawków
dative	во́ўку, ваўку́ vówku, vawkú	ваўка́м vawkám
accusative	во́ўка, ваўка́ vówka, vawká	ваўко́ў vawków
instrumental	во́ўкам, ваўко́м vówkam, vawkóm	ваўка́мі vawkámi
locative	во́ўку, ваўку́ vówku, vawkú	ваўка́х vawkáx
count form	—	во́ўкі1, ваўкі́1 vówki1, vawkí1

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

References

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