служыцель
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- słužyciel — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
служыць (služycʹ) + -цель (-cjelʹ). Compare Russian служи́тель (služítelʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɫuˈʐɨt͡sʲelʲ]
Noun
служы́цель • (služýcjelʹ) m pers (genitive служы́целя, nominative plural служы́целі, genitive plural служы́целяў, female equivalent служы́цельніца)
- servant
- Synonyms: слуга́ (sluhá), прыслу́жнік (pryslúžnik)
- a minor employee, worker
- служы́цель музе́я ― služýcjelʹ muzjéja ― museum worker
- (figurative) servant, slave (person who serves something, works and brings benefits with their work in a certain field (science, art, etc.))
- (religion) servant (person who dedicates themselves to God)
Declension
Declension of служы́цель (pr soft masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | служы́цель služýcjelʹ |
служы́целі služýcjeli |
| genitive | служы́целя služýcjelja |
служы́целяў služýcjeljaŭ |
| dative | служы́целю služýcjelju |
служы́целям služýcjeljam |
| accusative | служы́целя služýcjelja |
служы́целяў služýcjeljaŭ |
| instrumental | служы́целем služýcjeljem |
служы́целямі služýcjeljami |
| locative | служы́целю služýcjelju |
служы́целях služýcjeljax |
| count form | — | служы́целі1 služýcjeli1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
- свяшчэннаслужы́цель (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ)
References
- “служыцель”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “служыцель” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org