барвенак

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian барвѣ́нокъ (barvě́nok).[1] Cognate of Ukrainian барві́нок (barvínok).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [barˈvʲenak]
  • Rhymes: -enak
  • Hyphenation: ба‧рве‧нак, бар‧ве‧нак

Noun

барве́нак • (barvjénakm inan (genitive барве́нку, uncountable, relational adjective барве́нкавы, diminutive барве́начак)

  1. (botany) periwinkle

Declension

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “барве́нак”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312

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