смерць
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- сьмерць (sʹmjercʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
- śmierć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic съмьрть (sŭmĭrtĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь. Cognate with Russian and Ukrainian смерть (smertʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲmʲert͡sʲ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ert͡sʲ
- Hyphenation: смерць
Noun
смерць • (smjercʹ) f inan (genitive сме́рці, nominative plural сме́рці, genitive plural смярце́й or сме́рцяў)
- death (cessation of life)
- Coordinate term: жыццё (žyccjó)
- (colloquial) death penalty
- Synonym: сме́ртная ка́ра (smjértnaja kára)
- (figuratively) destruction, end
Declension
Declension of смерць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-e)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | смерць smjercʹ |
сме́рці smjérci |
| genitive | сме́рці smjérci |
смярце́й, сме́рцяў smjarcjéj, smjércjaŭ |
| dative | сме́рці smjérci |
смярця́м smjarcjám |
| accusative | смерць smjercʹ |
сме́рці smjérci |
| instrumental | сме́рцю smjércju |
смярця́мі smjarcjámi |
| locative | сме́рці smjérci |
смярця́х smjarcjáx |
| count form | — | сме́рці1 smjérci1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Related terms
adjectives
- мёртвы (mjórtvy)
verbs
- паміра́ць impf (pamirácʹ)
Descendants
- → Lithuanian: smertis
References
- “смерць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “смерць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org