дзверцы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• дзьве́рцы (dzʹvjércy) — Taraškievica orthography
• dźwiercy, dźviercy — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From дзве́ры (dzvjéry) +‎ -ца́ (-cá), with дзве́ры (dzvjéry) singularized as *дзвер (*dzvjer) and suffixed with -ца́ (-cá) as *дзверца́ (*dzvjercá), then re-pluralized. Cognate with Russian дверца́ (dvercá) and Ukrainian две́рці (dvérci).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zʲvʲert͡sɨ]
• Rhymes: -ert͡sɨ
• Hyphenation: дзвер‧цы

Noun

дзве́рцы • (dzvjércy) f inan pl (genitive дзве́рцаў, plural only)

1. diminutive of дзве́ры (dzvjéry)
2. flap, latch, valve

Declension

Declension of дзве́рцы (inan pl-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	дзве́рцы dzvjércy
genitive	дзве́рцаў dzvjércaŭ
dative	дзве́рцам dzvjércam
accusative	дзве́рцы dzvjércy
instrumental	дзве́рцамі dzvjércami
locative	дзве́рцах dzvjércax

References

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