жыла

See also: жила

Belarusian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic жила (žila), Proto-Slavic *žila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐɨɫa]

• Audio:

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Noun

жы́ла • (žýla) f inan (genitive жы́лы, nominative plural жы́лы, genitive plural жыл, diminutive жы́лка)

1. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
2. (anatomy) vein

   Synonym: ве́на (vjéna)

3. (geology) vein

Declension

Declension of жы́ла (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	жы́ла žýla	жы́лы žýly
genitive	жы́лы žýly	жыл žyl
dative	жы́ле žýlje	жы́лам žýlam
accusative	жы́лу žýlu	жы́лы žýly
instrumental	жы́лай, жы́лаю žýlaj, žýlaju	жы́ламі žýlami
locative	жы́ле žýlje	жы́лах žýlax
count form	—	жы́лы1 žýly1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨˈɫa]

Verb

жыла́ • (žylá)

1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жыць (žycʹ)

References

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