генацыд

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γένος (génos) +‎ -цы́д (-cýd). Compare Polish genocyd, Russian геноци́д (genocíd) and Ukrainian геноци́д (henocýd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣʲenaˈt͡sɨt]
  • Rhymes: -ɨt
  • Hyphenation: ге‧на‧цыд

Noun

генацы́д • (hjenacýdm inan (genitive генацы́ду, nominative plural генацы́ды, genitive plural генацы́даў, relational adjective генацы́дны)

  1. genocide (the policy of extermination of certain population groups on racial, national or religious grounds, born of imperialism and fascism)

Declension

References

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