дзяўчынка
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Belarusian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]дзяўчы́на (dzjaŭčýna) + -ка (-ka). Compare Polish dziewczynka and Ukrainian ді́вчинка (dívčynka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]дзяўчы́нка • (dzjaŭčýnka) f pers (genitive дзяўчы́нкі, nominative plural дзяўча́ткі, genitive plural дзяўча́так)
- girl, little girl (before the age of puberty)
- 1931 [1901], H. G. Wells, translated by Цімох Зарэчны, Першыя людзі на Месяцы, translation of The First Men in the Moon, page 108:
- Па дарозе да нас далучыліся дзьве дзяўчынкі з рыдлёўкамі, а потым худы хлапчук, год дванаццаці.
- Pa darózje da nas dalučylisja dzʹvje dzjaŭčynki z rydljóŭkami, a pótym xudy xlapčuk, hod dvanaccaci.
- [original: Half-way there we were reinforced by two awe-stricken little girls with spades, and later a lean little boy, with a penetrating sniff, appeared.]
- (literally, “Along the way, two little girls with spades joined us, and later a skinny little boy, aged around twelve.”)
- 1974 [1940], Kuźma Čorny, Насцечка (Кузьма Чорны. Збор твораў у васьмі тамах; 5), Мінск: Мастацкая літаратура, page 364:
- Дзяўчаткам было год па трынаццаць кожнай.
- Dzjaŭčatkam byló hod pa trynaccacʹ kóžnaj.
- The girls were around thirteen years old each.
Declension
[edit]Declension of дзяўчы́нка (pr velar fem-form accent-a reduc irreg-plstem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | дзяўчы́нка dzjaŭčýnka |
дзяўча́ткі dzjaŭčátki |
genitive | дзяўчы́нкі dzjaŭčýnki |
дзяўча́так dzjaŭčátak |
dative | дзяўчы́нцы dzjaŭčýncy |
дзяўча́ткам dzjaŭčátkam |
accusative | дзяўчы́нку dzjaŭčýnku |
дзяўча́так dzjaŭčátak |
instrumental | дзяўчы́нкай, дзяўчы́нкаю dzjaŭčýnkaj, dzjaŭčýnkaju |
дзяўча́ткамі dzjaŭčátkami |
locative | дзяўчы́нцы dzjaŭčýncy |
дзяўча́тках dzjaŭčátkax |
count form | — | дзяўчы́нкі1 dzjaŭčýnki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
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- Belarusian terms suffixed with -ка
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- Belarusian terms with audio pronunciation
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian nouns
- Belarusian feminine nouns
- Belarusian personal nouns
- Belarusian terms with quotations
- Belarusian velar-stem feminine-form nouns
- Belarusian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern a
- Belarusian nouns with reducible stem
- Belarusian nouns with irregular plural stem
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