звычай

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian звы́чай (zvýčaj), from Old East Slavic съвычаи (sŭvyčai), from Proto-Slavic *sъvyčajь. Cognate with Polish zwyczaj, Russian свы́чай (svýčaj) and Ukrainian зви́чай (zvýčaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzvɨt͡ʂaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨt͡ʂaj
• Hyphenation: звы‧чай

Noun

звы́чай • (zvýčaj) m inan (genitive звы́чаю, nominative plural звы́чаі, genitive plural звы́чаяў)

1. custom, habit (a generally accepted order, a rule that has long been rooted in the life of a people or a certain social group)
2. custom, habit (usual course of action)

Declension

Declension of звы́чай (inan soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	звы́чай zvýčaj	звы́чаі zvýčai
genitive	звы́чаю zvýčaju	звы́чаяў zvýčajaŭ
dative	звы́чаю zvýčaju	звы́чаям zvýčajam
accusative	звы́чай zvýčaj	звы́чаі zvýčai
instrumental	звы́чаем zvýčajem	звы́чаямі zvýčajami
locative	звы́чаі zvýčai	звы́чаях zvýčajax
count form	—	звы́чаі1 zvýčai1

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

References

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