папугай
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- papuhaj — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian попуга́й (popugáj).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [papuˈɣaj]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: па‧пу‧гай
Noun
папуга́й • (papuháj) m animal (genitive папуга́я, nominative plural папуга́і, genitive plural папуга́яў)
- parrot
- (colloquial, figuratively, sometimes offensive) parrot, parroter (a person who does not have their own point of view, always repeating other people's words and thoughts)
Declension
Declension of папуга́й (anml soft masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | папуга́й papuháj |
папуга́і papuhái |
| genitive | папуга́я papuhája |
папуга́яў papuhájaŭ |
| dative | папуга́ю papuháju |
папуга́ям papuhájam |
| accusative | папуга́я papuhája |
папуга́яў papuhájaŭ |
| instrumental | папуга́ем papuhájem |
папуга́ямі papuhájami |
| locative | папуга́і papuhái |
папуга́ях papuhájax |
| count form | — | папуга́і1 papuhái1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “папугай”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Further reading
- “папугай”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “папугай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org