пухліна

Belarusian

Etymology

From пу́хнуць impf (púxnucʹ, to swell). Cognate with Ukrainian пухли́на (puxlýna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puˈxlʲina]

Noun

пухлі́на • (puxlínaf inan (genitive пухлі́ны, nominative plural пухлі́ны, genitive plural пухлі́н)

  1. swelling
  2. (oncology) tumour (UK), tumor (US), neoplasm
    дабрая́касная пухлі́наdabrajákasnaja puxlínabenign tumour
    злая́касная пухлі́наzlajákasnaja puxlínamalignant tumour

Declension

Further reading

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