дзіця

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• дзіцё (dzicjó)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дѣтѧ (dětę), from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognates include Ukrainian дитя́ (dytjá) and Polish dziecię.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zʲiˈt͡sʲa]

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Noun

дзіця́ • (dzicjá) n pers (genitive дзіця́ці, nominative plural дзе́ці, genitive plural дзяце́й)

1. child

   Synonym: рабёнак (rabjónak)

Declension

Declension of дзіця́ (pr t-stem neut-form // soft neut-form accent-b/a)

	singular	plural
nominative	дзіця́ dzicjá	дзе́ці dzjéci
genitive	дзіця́ці dzicjáci	дзяце́й dzjacjéj
dative	дзіця́ці dzicjáci	дзе́цям dzjécjam
accusative	дзіця́ dzicjá	дзяце́й dzjacjéj
instrumental	дзі́цем, дзіцём dzícjem, dzicjóm	дзе́цьмі, дзяцьмі́ dzjécʹmi, dzjacʹmí
locative	дзіця́ці dzicjáci	дзе́цях dzjécjax

References

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