дзецішча

Belarusian

Alternative forms

dziecišča — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

дзіця́ (dzicjá, “child”) +‎ -ішча (-išča, augmentative suffix). Compare Russian де́тище (détišče). Like the Russian term, this most likely used to also bear the meaning of "child" of "offspring".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zʲet͡sʲiʂt͡ʂa]

Noun

дзе́цішча • (dzjécišča) n inan (genitive дзе́цішча, uncountable)

(figurative) brainchild, creation, fruit

Declension

Declension of дзе́цішча (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
genitive	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
dative	дзе́цішчу dzjécišču
accusative	дзе́цішча dzjécišča
instrumental	дзе́цішчам dzjéciščam
locative	дзе́цішчы dzjéciščy

References

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