Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъ. Perhaps influenced by шорсткі (šórstki). Cognate with Ukrainian жорстки́й (žorstkýj), жорсто́кий (žorstókyj), Russian жёсткий (žóstkij), жесто́кий (žestókij).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐorstkʲi]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

жо́рсткі (žórstki)

  1. cruel
  2. hard, dry, stale
  3. rough, coarse

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • жорсткі” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org