Belarusian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish bezpieczny. By surface analysis, бяспе́ка (bjaspjéka) +‎ -ны (-ny).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲaˈsʲpʲet͡ʂnɨ]
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  • Rhymes: -et͡ʂnɨ
  • Hyphenation: бяс‧печ‧ны

Adjective

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бяспе́чны (bjaspjéčny)

  1. secure, safe (not in danger)
    Antonym: небяспе́чны (njebjaspjéčny)
  2. secure, safe (which guarantees security)
    Antonym: небяспе́чны (njebjaspjéčny)
  3. harmless (which does not cause any harm)
    Antonym: небяспе́чны (njebjaspjéčny)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives

References

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  • бяспечны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • бяспечны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “безпечный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 245