-знаўства

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• -znaŭstva — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

By surface analysis, *знава́ць (*znavácʹ) (as seen in imperfective forms such as пазнава́ць (paznavácʹ)) or зна́вец (znávjec) +‎ -ства (-stva). Most likely borrowed from Polish znawstwo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈznau̯stva]

Suffix

-зна́ўства • (-znáŭstva)

1. suffix added to mean "science", "studies", or "art" of something

   ‎мо́ва (móva, “language”) + ‎-знаўства (-znaŭstva) → ‎мовазна́ўства (movaznáŭstva, “linguistics”, literally “language science”)

   ‎грамада́ (hramadá, “community”) + ‎-знаўства (-znaŭstva) → ‎грамадазна́ўства (hramadaznáŭstva, “social science”)

Usage notes

• зна́ўства (znáŭstva) is not used as a standalone word. The standard Belarusian word for "science" is наву́ка (navúka).

Declension

Declension of -зна́ўства (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-зна́ўства -znáŭstva	-зна́ўствы -znáŭstvy
genitive	-зна́ўства -znáŭstva	-зна́ўстваў -znáŭstvaŭ
dative	-зна́ўству -znáŭstvu	-зна́ўствам -znáŭstvam
accusative	-зна́ўства -znáŭstva	-зна́ўствы -znáŭstvy
instrumental	-зна́ўствам -znáŭstvam	-зна́ўствамі -znáŭstvami
locative	-зна́ўстве -znáŭstvje	-зна́ўствах -znáŭstvax
count form	—	-зна́ўствы1 -znáŭstvy1

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

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -знаўства

See also

• зна́ўца (znáŭca)
• -зна́ўца (-znáŭca, “expert; connoisseur”)

 

References

• “...знаўства”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)