войска

See also: војска

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko, from *vojьskъ, from *voj- + *-ьskъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvojska]

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Noun

во́йска • (vójska) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural во́йскі, genitive plural войск or во́йскаў, relational adjective вайско́вы)

1. (military) army

   Synonym: а́рмія (ármija)

   Войска ПВО

   Vojska PVO

   Air Defence Force (Former service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces)

2. (in the plural) troops, forces

Declension

Declension of во́йска (inan velar neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	во́йска vójska	во́йскі vójski
genitive	во́йска vójska	войск, во́йскаў vojsk, vójskaŭ
dative	во́йску vójsku	во́йскам vójskam
accusative	во́йска vójska	во́йскі vójski
instrumental	во́йскам vójskam	во́йскамі vójskami
locative	во́йску vójsku	во́йсках vójskax
count form	—	во́йскі1 vójski1

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

References

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

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vojˈska]

• Audio:

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Noun

войска́ • (vojská) f (relational adjective войскови́)

1. (military) army

   Synonym: а́рмия (ármija)

2. (in the plural) troops, forces

Inflection

Declension of войска́

	singular	plural
indefinite	войска́ vojská	войски́ vojskí
definite	войска́та vojskáta	войски́те vojskíte

References

• “войска”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “войска”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

• войска́: IPA^(key): [vɐjˈska]

• Audio:

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• во́йска: IPA^(key): [ˈvojskə]

• Audio:

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Noun

войска́ • (vojská) n inan pl (genitive войск, plural only, relational adjective войсково́й)

1. troops, armed forces

Declension

Declension of войска́ (inan pl-only neut-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	plural
nominative	войска́ vojská
genitive	во́йск vójsk
dative	войска́м vojskám
accusative	войска́ vojská
instrumental	войска́ми vojskámi
prepositional	войска́х vojskáx

Noun

во́йска • (vójska) n inan

1. genitive singular of во́йско (vójsko)

Noun

войска́ • (vojská) n inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of во́йско (vójsko)