маслёнка

Belarusian

Шклянка малака (злева) і шклянка маслёнкі (справа).

Alternative forms

• масьлёнка (masʹljónka) — Taraškievica orthography
• maślonka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
• maslionka — 2000-2023 Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script

Etymology

ма́сляны (másljany) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Polish maślanka, Ukrainian масля́нка (masljánka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈsʲlʲonka]

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Noun

маслёнка • (masljónka) f inan (genitive маслёнкі, nominative plural маслёнкі, genitive plural маслёнак)

1. buttermilk (the liquid left over after producing butter)
2. lubricator (a device that lubricates)
3. (dialectal) globeflower

   Synonym: пярэ́сна (pjarésna)

Declension

Declension of маслёнка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	маслёнка masljónka	маслёнкі masljónki
genitive	маслёнкі masljónki	маслёнак masljónak
dative	маслёнцы masljóncy	маслёнкам masljónkam
accusative	маслёнку masljónku	маслёнкі masljónki
instrumental	маслёнкай, маслёнкаю masljónkaj, masljónkaju	маслёнкамі masljónkami
locative	маслёнцы masljóncy	маслёнках masljónkax
count form	—	маслёнкі1 masljónki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Descendants

• → Yiddish: מאַסלינקע (maslinke)

Further reading

• “маслёнка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “маслёнка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐs⁽ʲ⁾ˈlʲɵnkə]

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Etymology 1

Noun

маслёнка • (masljónka) f inan (genitive маслёнки, nominative plural маслёнки, genitive plural маслёнок)

1. container for butter
2. oilcan

Declension

Declension of маслёнка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	маслёнка masljónka	маслёнки masljónki
genitive	маслёнки masljónki	маслёнок masljónok
dative	маслёнке masljónke	маслёнкам masljónkam
accusative	маслёнку masljónku	маслёнки masljónki
instrumental	маслёнкой, маслёнкою masljónkoj, masljónkoju	маслёнками masljónkami
prepositional	маслёнке masljónke	маслёнках masljónkax

Related terms

• ма́сло (máslo)

Etymology 2

Noun

маслёнка • (masljónka) m inan

1. genitive singular of маслёнок (masljónok)