ерась

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis). Compare Russian е́ресь (jéresʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjerasʲ]

Noun

е́рась • (jérasʹ) f inan (genitive е́расі, nominative plural е́расі, genitive plural е́расей)

1. heresy
2. (figurative, colloquial) nonsense

   Synonyms: бязглу́здзіца (bjazhlúzdzica), лухта́ (luxtá)

Declension

Declension of е́рась (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	е́рась jérasʹ	е́расі jérasi
genitive	е́расі jérasi	е́расей jérasjej
dative	е́расі jérasi	е́расям jérasjam
accusative	е́рась jérasʹ	е́расі jérasi
instrumental	е́рассю jérassju	е́расямі jérasjami
locative	е́расі jérasi	е́расях jérasjax
count form	—	е́расі1 jérasi1

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

References

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