існы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from a reduction of *істны (*istny), from Old Ruthenian истый (istyj) + -ны (-ny), from Old East Slavic истъ (istŭ), from Proto-Slavic *jistъ. Compare Polish istny and Ukrainian існий (isnyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjisnɨ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -isnɨ

Adjective

і́сны • (ísny)

  1. existing, existent
  2. real

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

References

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