адносны

Belarusian

Etymology

From адно́сіць (adnósicʹ) +‎ -ны (-ny), perhaps a calque of Latin relātīvus. Compare Ukrainian відно́сний (vidnósnyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [adˈnosnɨ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -osnɨ
  • Hyphenation: ад‧нос‧ны

Adjective

адно́сны • (adnósny) (adverb адно́сна)

  1. relative (which is determined by comparison with something)
    Antonym: абсалю́тны (absaljútny)
  2. relative (noticeable only when compared with something less significant)
  3. (linguistics) relational (which shows the relationship to something, between something)
    адно́сны прыме́тнікadnósny prymjétnikrelational adjective

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • адно́снасць f inan (adnósnascʹ)

References

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