афіцэр
Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Officier.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [afʲiˈt͡sɛr]
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Hyphenation: афі‧цэр
Noun
афіцэ́р • (aficér) m pers (genitive афіцэ́ра, nominative plural афіцэ́ры, genitive plural афіцэ́раў, relational adjective афіцэ́рскі)
- officer (a person in the command staff of the army and navy who has a military rank from junior lieutenant to colonel inclusive)
Declension
Declension of афіцэ́р (pr hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | афіцэ́р aficér |
афіцэ́ры aficéry |
| genitive | афіцэ́ра aficéra |
афіцэ́раў aficéraŭ |
| dative | афіцэ́ру aficéru |
афіцэ́рам aficéram |
| accusative | афіцэ́ра aficéra |
афіцэ́раў aficéraŭ |
| instrumental | афіцэ́рам aficéram |
афіцэ́рамі aficérami |
| locative | афіцэ́ру aficéru |
афіцэ́рах aficérax |
| count form | — | афіцэ́ры1 aficéry1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
nouns
- афіцэ́рства n inan (aficérstva)
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “афіцэр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Further reading
- “афіцэр”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “афіцэр” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org