цвярозы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• цьвярозы (cʹvjarózy) — Taraškievica orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic терезвъ (terezvŭ), тверезъ (tverezŭ), from Proto-Slavic *terzvъ. Cognate with Russian тверёзый (tverjózyj) and Ukrainian твере́зий (tverézyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʲvʲaˈrozɨ]
• Rhymes: -ozɨ
• Hyphenation: цвя‧ро‧зы

Adjective

цвяро́зы • (cvjarózy)

1. sober (who did not drink alcohol, not drunk)

   Antonym: п'я́ны (pʺjány)

2. (nominalized) sober person
3. (figuratively) serious, sober, thoughtful (which is not characterized by dreaminess, fantasy)

Declension

Declension of цвяро́зы (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		цвяро́зы cvjarózy	цвяро́зае cvjarózaje	цвяро́зая cvjarózaja	цвяро́зыя cvjarózyja
genitive		цвяро́зага cvjarózaha		цвяро́зай cvjarózaj	цвяро́зых cvjarózyx
dative		цвяро́заму cvjarózamu		цвяро́зай cvjarózaj	цвяро́зым cvjarózym
accusative	animate	цвяро́зага cvjarózaha	цвяро́зае cvjarózaje	цвяро́зую cvjarózuju	цвяро́зых cvjarózyx
	inanimate	цвяро́зы cvjarózy			цвяро́зыя cvjarózyja
instrumental		цвяро́зым cvjarózym		цвяро́зай, цвяро́заю cvjarózaj, cvjarózaju	цвяро́зымі cvjarózymi
locative		цвяро́зым cvjarózym		цвяро́зай cvjarózaj	цвяро́зых cvjarózyx

Derived terms

nouns

• цвяро́засць f inan (cvjarózascʹ)

 

References

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