-знаўства
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- -znaŭstva — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
By surface analysis, *знава́ць (*znavácʹ) (as seen in imperfective forms such as пазнава́ць (paznavácʹ)) or зна́вец (znávjec) + -ства (-stva). Most likely borrowed from Polish znawstwo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈznau̯stva]
Suffix
-зна́ўства • (-znáŭstva)
- suffix added to mean "science", "studies", or "art" of something
- мо́ва (móva, “language”) + -знаўства (-znaŭstva) → мовазна́ўства (movaznáŭstva, “linguistics”, literally “language science”)
- грамада́ (hramadá, “community”) + -знаўства (-znaŭstva) → грамадазна́ўства (hramadaznáŭstva, “social science”)
Usage notes
- зна́ўства (znáŭstva) is not used as a standalone word. The standard Belarusian word for "science" is наву́ка (navúka).
Declension
Declension of -зна́ўства (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -зна́ўства -znáŭstva |
-зна́ўствы -znáŭstvy |
| genitive | -зна́ўства -znáŭstva |
-зна́ўстваў -znáŭstvaŭ |
| dative | -зна́ўству -znáŭstvu |
-зна́ўствам -znáŭstvam |
| accusative | -зна́ўства -znáŭstva |
-зна́ўствы -znáŭstvy |
| instrumental | -зна́ўствам -znáŭstvam |
-зна́ўствамі -znáŭstvami |
| locative | -зна́ўстве -znáŭstvje |
-зна́ўствах -znáŭstvax |
| count form | — | -зна́ўствы1 -znáŭstvy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
Belarusian terms suffixed with -знаўства
See also
- зна́ўца (znáŭca)
- -зна́ўца (-znáŭca, “expert; connoisseur”)
References
- “...знаўства”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)