пэўны

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian певный (pevnyj), from Proto-Slavic *pъvьnъ. First attested in 1496. Compare Polish pewny and Ukrainian пе́вний (pévnyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛu̯nɨ]

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Adjective

пэ́ўны • (péŭny)

1. certain, sure, confident
2. definite
3. concrete

Declension

Declension of пэ́ўны (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		пэ́ўны péŭny	пэ́ўнае péŭnaje	пэ́ўная péŭnaja	пэ́ўныя péŭnyja
genitive		пэ́ўнага péŭnaha		пэ́ўнай péŭnaj	пэ́ўных péŭnyx
dative		пэ́ўнаму péŭnamu		пэ́ўнай péŭnaj	пэ́ўным péŭnym
accusative	animate	пэ́ўнага péŭnaha	пэ́ўнае péŭnaje	пэ́ўную péŭnuju	пэ́ўных péŭnyx
	inanimate	пэ́ўны péŭny			пэ́ўныя péŭnyja
instrumental		пэ́ўным péŭnym		пэ́ўнай, пэ́ўнаю péŭnaj, péŭnaju	пэ́ўнымі péŭnymi
locative		пэ́ўным péŭnym		пэ́ўнай péŭnaj	пэ́ўных péŭnyx

Derived terms

• запэ́ўніваць (zapéŭnivacʹ)
• пэ́ўна (péŭna)
• пэ́ўнасць (péŭnascʹ)

Further Reading

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