лічба

Belarusian

Etymology

From лічы́ць (ličýcʹ, “to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲid͡ʐba]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лі́чба • (líčba) f inan (genitive лі́чбы, nominative plural лі́чбы, genitive plural лі́чбаў, relational adjective лі́чбавы)

1. number

   Synonym: лічэ́бнік (ličébnik)

2. numeral

   Synonym: цы́фра (cýfra)

3. digit

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	лі́чба líčba	лі́чбы líčby
genitive	лі́чбы líčby	лі́чбаў líčbaŭ
dative	лі́чбе líčbje	лі́чбам líčbam
accusative	лі́чбу líčbu	лі́чбы líčby
instrumental	лі́чбай, лі́чбаю líčbaj, líčbaju	лі́чбамі líčbami
locative	лі́чбе líčbje	лі́чбах líčbax
count form	—	лі́чбы1 líčby1

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

Derived terms

• лічэ́бнік (ličébnik)

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From лічи́ти (ličýty, “to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲid͡ʒˈba]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лічба́ • (ličbá) f inan (genitive лічби́, uncountable)

1. counting
2. amount

Declension

Declension of лічба́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	лічба́ ličbá
genitive	лічби́ ličbý
dative	лічбі́ ličbí
accusative	лічбу́ ličbú
instrumental	лічбо́ю ličbóju
locative	лічбі́ ličbí
vocative	лі́чбо líčbo

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “лічба́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лічба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “лічба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN