паўза
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Polish pauza, Russian па́уза (páuza) and Ukrainian па́уза (páuza).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpau̯za]
- Rhymes: -au̯za
Noun
па́ўза • (páŭza) f inan (genitive па́ўзы, nominative plural па́ўзы, genitive plural па́ўзаў)
- pause
- 1928 [1886], Vladimir Korolenko, translated by Makar Kraŭcoŭ, Сьляпы музыка, Вільня: „Віленскае Выдавецтва“ Б. Клецкіна, translation of Слепой музыкант, page 40; English translation from Aline Delano, transl., The blind musician, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1891, page 74:
- Але не прайшло і трох дзён, як гэтыя паўзы зрабіліся ўсё часьцейшымі ды часьцейшымі.
- Alje nje prajšló i trox dzjon, jak hetyja paŭzy zrabilisja ŭsjo časʹcjejšymi dy časʹcjejšymi.
- Three days had not gone by when these pauses grew more and more frequent.
Declension
Declension of па́ўза (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | па́ўза páŭza |
па́ўзы páŭzy |
| genitive | па́ўзы páŭzy |
па́ўзаў páŭzaŭ |
| dative | па́ўзе páŭzje |
па́ўзам páŭzam |
| accusative | па́ўзу páŭzu |
па́ўзы páŭzy |
| instrumental | па́ўзай, па́ўзаю páŭzaj, páŭzaju |
па́ўзамі páŭzami |
| locative | па́ўзе páŭzje |
па́ўзах páŭzax |
| count form | — | па́ўзы1 páŭzy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “паўза” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “паўза”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)