генацыд

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• hienacyd — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from English genocide, itself coined by Polish legal scholar Raphael Lemkin. Compare Polish genocyd, Russian геноци́д (genocíd), Ukrainian геноци́д (henocýd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣʲenaˈt͡sɨt]

Noun

генацы́д • (hjenacýd) m inan (genitive генацы́ду, nominative plural генацы́ды, genitive plural генацы́даў)

1. genocide (the policy of extermination of certain population groups on racial, national or religious grounds, born of imperialism and fascism)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	генацы́д hjenacýd	генацы́ды hjenacýdy
genitive	генацы́ду hjenacýdu	генацы́даў hjenacýdaŭ
dative	генацы́ду hjenacýdu	генацы́дам hjenacýdam
accusative	генацы́д hjenacýd	генацы́ды hjenacýdy
instrumental	генацы́дам hjenacýdam	генацы́дамі hjenacýdami
locative	генацы́дзе hjenacýdzje	генацы́дах hjenacýdax
count form	—	генацы́ды1 hjenacýdy1

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

Derived terms

• генацы́дны (hjenacýdny)

References

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