існы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• isny — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Possibly from a reduction of *істны (*istny), from Old Ruthenian истый (istyj) + -ны (-ny), from Old East Slavic истъ (istŭ), from Proto-Slavic *jistъ. Compare Polish istny and Ukrainian існий (isnyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjisnɨ]

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• Rhymes: -isnɨ

Adjective

і́сны • (ísny)

1. existing, existent
2. real

Declension

Declension of і́сны (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		і́сны ísny	і́снае ísnaje	і́сная ísnaja	і́сныя ísnyja
genitive		і́снага ísnaha		і́снай ísnaj	і́сных ísnyx
dative		і́снаму ísnamu		і́снай ísnaj	і́сным ísnym
accusative	animate	і́снага ísnaha	і́снае ísnaje	і́сную ísnuju	і́сных ísnyx
	inanimate	і́сны ísny			і́сныя ísnyja
instrumental		і́сным ísnym		і́снай, і́снаю ísnaj, ísnaju	і́снымі ísnymi
locative		і́сным ísnym		і́снай ísnaj	і́сных ísnyx

Derived terms

nouns

• і́снае (ísnaje)
• існасць (isnascʹ)

 

verbs

• існава́ць (isnavácʹ)

 

References

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