цвярозы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic терезвъ (terezvŭ), тверезъ (tverezŭ), from Proto-Slavic *terzvъ. Cognate with Russian тверёзый (tverjózyj) and Ukrainian твере́зий (tverézyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʲvʲaˈrozɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ozɨ
  • Hyphenation: цвя‧ро‧зы

Adjective

цвяро́зы • (cvjarózy)

  1. sober (who did not drink alcohol, not drunk)
    Antonym: п'я́ны (pʺjány)
  2. (nominalized) sober person
  3. (figuratively) serious, sober, thoughtful (which is not characterized by dreaminess, fantasy)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • цвяро́засць f inan (cvjarózascʹ)

References

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