кавун

Belarusian

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Turkish kavun, Tatar кавын (qawın).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈvun]

Noun

каву́н • (kavún) m inan (genitive кавуна́, nominative plural кавуны́, genitive plural кавуно́ў, relational adjective кавуновы)

1. watermelon

Inflection

Declension of каву́н (inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	каву́н kavún	кавуны́ kavuný
genitive	кавуна́ kavuná	кавуно́ў kavunóŭ
dative	кавуну́ kavunú	кавуна́м kavunám
accusative	каву́н kavún	кавуны́ kavuný
instrumental	кавуно́м kavunóm	кавуна́мі kavunámi
locative	кавуне́ kavunjé	кавуна́х kavunáx
count form	—	кавуны́1 kavuný1

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

References

• “кавун” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar qavun, Turkish kavun, Tatar кавын (qawın).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈwun]

• Audio:

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Noun

каву́н • (kavún) m inan (genitive кавуна́, nominative plural кавуни́, genitive plural кавуні́в, relational adjective кавуно́вий or кавуня́чий, diminutive кавуне́ць or каву́нчик)

1. watermelon

Declension

Declension of каву́н
(inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	каву́н kavún	кавуни́ kavuný
genitive	кавуна́ kavuná	кавуні́в kavunív
dative	кавуно́ві, кавуну́ kavunóvi, kavunú	кавуна́м kavunám
accusative	каву́н kavún	кавуни́ kavuný
instrumental	кавуно́м kavunóm	кавуна́ми kavunámy
locative	кавуні́ kavuní	кавуна́х kavunáx
vocative	каву́не kavúne	кавуни́ kavuný

Related terms

• кавуни́ще (kavunýšče)
• кавуня́ччя (kavunjáččja)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кавун”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “кавун”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кавун”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)