парасон

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• parason — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Blend of Polish parasol +‎ со́нца (sónca, “sun”), with the former ultimately from Italian parasole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paraˈson]

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Noun

парасо́н • (parasón) m inan (genitive парасо́на, nominative plural парасо́ны, genitive plural парасо́наў, relational adjective парасонавы, diminutive парасо́нік)

1. umbrella

   ён ёй патрэ́бен як ры́бе парасо́н ― jon joj patrébjen jak rýbje parasón ― she needs him like a fish needs an umbrella (jocular dismissal)

Declension

Declension of парасо́н (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	парасо́н parasón	парасо́ны parasóny
genitive	парасо́на parasóna	парасо́наў parasónaŭ
dative	парасо́ну parasónu	парасо́нам parasónam
accusative	парасо́н parasón	парасо́ны parasóny
instrumental	парасо́нам parasónam	парасо́намі parasónami
locative	парасо́не parasónje	парасо́нах parasónax
count form	—	парасо́ны1 parasóny1

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• парасо́навы (parasónavy)
• парасонападо́бны (parasonapadóbny)
• парасо́ністы (parasónisty)

 

nouns

• парасо́навыя (parasónavyja)
• парасо́нік (parasónik)

 

Further reading

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