жаданы

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жаданый (žadanyj).[1] By surface analysis, жада́ць (žadácʹ) +‎ -ны (-ny). Compare Ukrainian жада́ний (žadányj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐaˈdanɨ]
  • Rhymes: -anɨ
  • Hyphenation: жа‧да‧ны

Adjective

жада́ны • (žadány)

  1. desired, desirable, welcome, sought-after, longed-for

Declension

References

  1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жаданый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 240

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