кнот

Belarusian

Etymology

From Polish knot, from Middle High German knotze. Compare Czech knot, English knot, German Knoten, Ukrainian ґніт (gnit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [knot]

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Noun

кнот • (knot) m inan (genitive кно́та, nominative plural кнаты́, genitive plural кнато́ў, relational adjective кно́тавы, diminutive кно́цік)

1. wick

Declension

Declension of кнот (inan hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	кнот knot	кнаты́ knatý
genitive	кно́та knóta	кнато́ў knatóŭ
dative	кно́ту knótu	кната́м knatám
accusative	кнот knot	кнаты́ knatý
instrumental	кно́там knótam	кната́мі knatámi
locative	кно́це knócje	кната́х knatáx
count form	—	кно́ты1 knóty1

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

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кнотъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 146
• “кнот” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org