Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *zapovědь, later reanalyzed by analogy with Proto-Slavic *zavětъ. Cognate with Ukrainian запові́т (zapovít); compare also the normative Russian заве́т (zavét).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zapaˈvʲet]
  • (file)

Noun edit

запаве́т (zapavjétm inan (genitive запаве́ту, nominative plural запаве́ты, genitive plural запаве́таў)

  1. testament (document containing a person's will)
    Synonyms: духо́ўніца (duxóŭnica), завяшча́нне (zavjaščánnje), нака́з (nakáz), тэстама́нт (testamánt)
  2. testament (part of the Bible)
    Но́вы Запаве́тNóvy ZapavjétNew Testament
    Стары́ Запаве́тStarý ZapavjétOld Testament

Declension edit

References edit

  • запавет” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "запавет" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum