сабака

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• sabaka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian саба́ка (sabáka), соба́ка (sobáka), from Proto-Slavic *sobaka Cognate to Russian соба́ка (sobáka) and Ukrainian соба́ка (sobáka), Polish sobaka (dialectal), Kashubian sobaka (“bitch (female dog); dissolute man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈbaka]

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Noun

саба́ка • (sabáka) m animal (genitive саба́кі, nominative plural саба́кі, genitive plural саба́к)

1. dog

   Synonym: пёс (pjos)

Declension

Declension of саба́ка (anml velar masc in -а accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	саба́ка sabáka	саба́кі sabáki
genitive	саба́кі sabáki	саба́к sabák
dative	саба́ку sabáku	саба́кам sabákam
accusative	саба́ку sabáku	саба́к sabák
instrumental	саба́кам sabákam	саба́камі sabákami
locative	саба́ку sabáku	саба́ках sabákax
count form	—	саба́кі1 sabáki1

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

References

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

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

сабака • (sabaka) m animal or f animal

1. Middle Belarusian form of соба́ка (sobáka)

Descendants

• Belarusian: саба́ка (sabáka)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “собака, сабака”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 20