дзындра

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• dzyndra — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from dialectal Polish dzyndra. Compare Lithuanian dzindra, Ukrainian дзи́ндра (dzýndra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zɨndra]

Noun

дзы́ндра • (dzýndra) f inan (genitive дзы́ндры, uncountable)

1. (regional) slag, dross, cinder, scoria

   Synonym: шлак (šlak)

   зямля́ як дзы́ндра ― zjamljá jak dzýndra ― hard, infertile, neglected soil (literally, “earth like slag”)

Declension

Declension of дзы́ндра (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	дзы́ндра dzýndra
genitive	дзы́ндры dzýndry
dative	дзы́ндры dzýndry
accusative	дзы́ндру dzýndru
instrumental	дзы́ндрай, дзы́ндраю dzýndraj, dzýndraju
locative	дзы́ндры dzýndry

References

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