царква

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• carkva — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cь̀rky. Cognate with Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ) and Ukrainian це́рква (cérkva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sarkˈva]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ca‧царк‧ва

Noun

царква́ • (carkvá) f inan (genitive царквы́, nominative plural цэ́рквы, genitive plural цэ́ркваў)

1. church (religious association of clergy and believers based on the commonality of faith, teaching and rites of worship)
2. (Eastern Orthodoxy) Eastern Orthodox church

   Coordinate term: касцёл (kascjól)

Declension

Declension of царква́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-е)

	singular	plural
nominative	царква́ carkvá	цэ́рквы cérkvy
genitive	царквы́ carkvý	цэ́ркваў cérkvaŭ
dative	царкве́ carkvjé	цэ́рквам cérkvam
accusative	царкву́ carkvú	цэ́рквы cérkvy
instrumental	царкво́й, царкво́ю carkvój, carkvóju	цэ́рквамі cérkvami
locative	царкве́ carkvjé	цэ́рквах cérkvax
count form	—	царквы́1 carkvý1

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

References

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