Белоруссия
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- Бѣлору́ссія (Bělorússija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
editFrom historical Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ, “White Ruthenia or White Rus”), from Old East Slavic Бѣла Русь (Běla Rusĭ, “White Ruthenia or White Rus”). Cognate with Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ), later borrowed into Russian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ) as an alternative name, now official. Compare with Ukrainian Білору́сія (Bilorúsija) and Білору́сь (Bilorúsʹ).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editБелору́ссия • (Belorússija) f inan (genitive Белору́ссии, nominative plural Белору́ссии, genitive plural Белору́ссий, relational adjective белору́сский)
- Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe) (see usage notes)
- Synonyms: (official and preferred in Belarus) Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ), (historical or poetic) Бе́лая Русь (Bélaja Rusʹ)
- в Белору́ссии ― v Belorússii ― in Belarus
- в Белору́ссию ― v Belorússiju ― to Belarus
- из Белору́ссии ― iz Belorússii ― from Belarus
Usage notes
edit- The term Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ) is the official and preferred term in Belarus; Белору́ссия (Belorússija) is more common in Russia and the Russian diaspora.
Declension
editDeclension of Белору́ссия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Белору́ссия Belorússija |
Белору́ссии Belorússii |
genitive | Белору́ссии Belorússii |
Белору́ссий Belorússij |
dative | Белору́ссии Belorússii |
Белору́ссиям Belorússijam |
accusative | Белору́ссию Belorússiju |
Белору́ссии Belorússii |
instrumental | Белору́ссией, Белору́ссиею Belorússijej, Belorússijeju |
Белору́ссиями Belorússijami |
prepositional | Белору́ссии Belorússii |
Белору́ссиях Belorússijax |
Synonyms
edit- Еблару́сь (Jeblarúsʹ) (vulgar)
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
edit- белору́с (belorús), белору́ска (belorúska)
- белору́сский (belorússkij)
Descendants
edit- → Bulgarian: Белору́сия (Belorúsija)
- → English: Byelorussia
- → French: Biélorussie
- → Italian: Bielorussia
- → Greek: Λευκορωσία (Lefkorosía) (calque)
- → Portuguese: Bielorrússia
- → Spanish: Bielorrusia
- → Uyghur: بېلورۇسسىيە (bëlorussiye)
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