Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From каха́ць (kaxácʹ) +‎ -а́нне (-ánnje). Cognate with Polish kochanie and Ukrainian коха́ння (koxánnja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈxanʲːe]
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  • Rhymes: -anʲːe
  • Hyphenation: ка‧хан‧не

Noun

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каха́нне (kaxánnjen inan (genitive каха́ння, nominative plural каха́нні, genitive plural каха́нняў)

  1. (uncountable) love (a big heart feeling for a certain person of the opposite sex)
    Synonym: любо́ў (ljubóŭ)
  2. (countable) dear one, loved one
  3. (countable) relationship

Declension

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References

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