злодзей

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlodějь. By surface analysis, злы (zly) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ). Cognates include Ukrainian зло́дій (zlódij), Polish złodziej with the same meanings. The Russian злоде́й (zlodéj) means "villain".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɫod͡zʲej]
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Noun

зло́дзей • (zlódzjejm pers (genitive зло́дзея, nominative plural зладзе́і, genitive plural зладзе́яў, female equivalent зладзе́йка, relational adjective зладзе́йскі)

  1. thief
    Synonym: разбо́йнік (razbójnik)

Declension

References

  • злодзей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org