ноч

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ночь (nočĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [not͡ʂ]

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Noun

ноч • (noč) f inan (genitive но́чы, nominative plural но́чы, genitive plural начэ́й)

1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

   Coordinate term: дзень (dzjenʹ)

Declension

Declension of ноч (inan hard 3rd-decl fem-form accent-e)

	singular	plural
nominative	ноч noč	но́чы nóčy
genitive	но́чы nóčy	начэ́й načéj
dative	но́чы nóčy	нача́м načám
accusative	ноч noč	но́чы nóčy
instrumental	но́ччу nóčču	нача́мі načámi
locative	но́чы nóčy	нача́х načáx
count form	—	но́чы1 nóčy1

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

Derived terms

• начава́ць (načavácʹ)

References

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