Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ме́ста (mjésta) or ме́сца (mjésca) +‎ -і́на (-ína). Compare Polish mieścina (backwater), Ukrainian місцина (miscyna).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲaˈsʲt͡sʲina]
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Noun

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мясці́на (mjascínaf inan (genitive мясці́ны, nominative plural мясці́ны, genitive plural мясці́н, diminutive мясці́нка)

  1. area, plot
  2. (usually small) place, corner
    знаёмая мясці́наznajómaja mjascínaa familiar place
    прыгожая мясці́наpryhóžaja mjascínaa beautiful little corner
  3. (in the plural) district, locality, region, area
    Synonym: мясцовасць (mjascóvascʹ)
  4. area, section, bit, spot (separate part)
  5. (colloquial) Alternative form of ме́сца (mjésca): passage (of literary work)

Declension

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References

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