адвага
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Polish odwaga. Cognate with Russian отва́га (otvága), Ukrainian відва́га (vidváha).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
адва́га • (adváha) f inan (genitive адва́гі, uncountable)
- bravery, valour, courage
- Synonyms: сме́ласць (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ), му́жнасць (múžnascʹ)
- Antonyms: тру́сасць (trúsascʹ), палахлі́васць (palaxlívascʹ), баязлі́васць (bajazlívascʹ), маладу́шнасць (maladúšnascʹ)
Declension edit
Declension of адва́га (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms edit
- адва́жны (advážny)
References edit
- “адвага” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отвага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress