дзецішча

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• dziecišča — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

дзіця́ (dzicjá, “child”) +‎ -ішча (-išča, augmentative suffix). Compare Russian де́тище (détišče). Like the Russian term, this most likely used to also bear the meaning of "child" of "offspring".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zʲet͡sʲiʂt͡ʂa]

Noun

дзе́цішча • (dzjécišča) n inan (genitive дзе́цішча, uncountable)

1. (figurative) brainchild, creation, fruit

Declension

Declension of дзе́цішча (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
genitive	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
dative	дзе́цішчу dzjécišču
accusative	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
instrumental	дзе́цішчам dzjéciščam
locative	дзе́цішчы dzjéciščy

References

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