казаць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic казати (kazati), from Proto-Slavic *kāzàti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈzat͡sʲ]

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• Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: ка‧заць

Verb

каза́ць • (kazácʹ) impf (perfective сказа́ць)

1. (intransitive) to say (to express some thoughts, opinions orally) [with што (što) ‘that’]

   Мая маці заўсёды кажа, што я не павінен размаўляць з незнаёмымі людзьмі.

   Maja maci zawsjódy kaža, što ja nje pavinjen razmawljacʹ z njeznajómymi ljudzʹmi.

   My mother always says that I shouldn't talk to strangers.

2. (impersonal, in the third person plural) to say (used to indicate a rumor or well-known fact)
3. (transitive, also figuratively) to oblige, order
4. (transitive, figuratively) to indicate, say

Conjugation

Conjugation of каза́ць (class 6c, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	каза́ць kazácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	каза́ны kazány
adverbial	ка́жучы kážučy	каза́ўшы kazáwšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	кажу́ kažú	бу́ду каза́ць búdu kazácʹ
2nd singular ты	ка́жаш kážaš	бу́дзеш каза́ць búdzješ kazácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	ка́жа káža	бу́дзе каза́ць búdzje kazácʹ
1st plural мы	ка́жам kážam	бу́дзем каза́ць búdzjem kazácʹ
2nd plural вы	ка́жаце kážacje	бу́дзеце каза́ць búdzjecje kazácʹ
3rd plural яны́	ка́жуць kážucʹ	бу́дуць каза́ць búducʹ kazácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	кажы́ kažý	кажы́це kažýcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	каза́ў kazáw	каза́лі kazáli
feminine я / ты / яна́	каза́ла kazála
neuter яно́	каза́ла kazála

References

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