пустыня

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Belarusian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pustyni. Equivalent to пусты́ (pustý) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja). Cognate with Ukrainian пусти́ня (pustýnja).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ні, nominative plural пусты́ні, genitive plural пусты́нь or пусты́няў)

  1. desert

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustyni. Synchronically analyzable as пусто́й (pustój) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pʊˈstɨnʲə]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ни, nominative plural пусты́ни, genitive plural пусты́нь, relational adjective пусты́нный, diminutive пусты́нька)

  1. desert, wilderness
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) unpopulated area

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