Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъ. Perhaps influenced by шорсткі (šórstki). Cognate with Ukrainian жорстки́й (žorstkýj), жорсто́кий (žorstókyj), Russian жёсткий (žóstkij), жесто́кий (žestókij).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐorstkʲi]
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Adjective

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жо́рсткі (žórstki)

  1. cruel
  2. hard, dry, stale
  3. rough, coarse

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • жорсткі” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org