Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pustyni. Equivalent to пусты́ (pustý) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja). Cognate with Ukrainian пусти́ня (pustýnja).

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  • IPA(key): [puˈstɨnʲa]
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Noun

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пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ні, nominative plural пусты́ні, genitive plural пусты́нь or пусты́няў)

  1. desert

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References

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

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustyni. By surface analysis, пусто́й (pustój) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja).

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пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ни, nominative plural пусты́ни, genitive plural пусты́нь, relational adjective пусты́нный, diminutive пусты́нька)

  1. desert, wilderness
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) unpopulated area

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