васіліск
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Either cognate or borrowing of Russian василиск (vasilisk) or Ukrainian василіск (vasylisk). Likely either inherited from Old East Slavic василискъ (vasiliskŭ) or borrowed from Old Church Slavonic василискъ (vasiliskŭ), ultimately from Byzantine Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos). Alternatively, might be borrowed from German Basilisk or Latin basiliscus and modified under the influence of Greek borrowings like Васи́лий (Vasílij).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
васілі́ск • (vasilísk) m animal (genitive васілі́ска, nominative plural васілі́скі, genitive plural васілі́скаў)
- (mythology) basilisk (mythological or heraldic creature)
- (zoology) basilisk, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus
Declension edit
Declension of васілі́ск (anml velar masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | васілі́ск vasilísk |
васілі́скі vasilíski |
| genitive | васілі́ска vasilíska |
васілі́скаў vasilískaŭ |
| dative | васілі́ску vasilísku |
васілі́скам vasilískam |
| accusative | васілі́ска vasilíska |
васілі́скаў vasilískaŭ |
| instrumental | васілі́скам vasilískam |
васілі́скамі vasilískami |
| locative | васілі́ску vasilísku |
васілі́сках vasilískax |
| count form | — | васілі́скі1 vasilíski1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References edit
- “васіліск” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “василіск”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “василиск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress