павінен

Belarusian

Etymology

Univerbation of па віне́ (pa vinjé). Cognate with Polish powinien and Ukrainian пови́нен (povýnen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈvʲinʲen]

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• Rhymes: -inʲen
• Hyphenation: па‧ві‧нен

Predicative

паві́нен • (pavínjen) (feminine паві́нна, neuter паві́нна, plural паві́нны)

1. have to, must, should [with infinitive]

   Я павінен плаціць арэнду, інакш мяне выселяць.

   Ja pavinjen placicʹ arendu, inakš mjanje vysjeljacʹ.

   I have to pay the rent or I will be evicted.

2. (rare) obligated, owe [with dative ‘to somebody’]

Usage notes

In all tenses with the exception of the present tense, the appropriate forms of the verb быць (bycʹ) are used.

References

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