Belarusian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Polizei or Polish policja, from Late Latin polītīa.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paˈlʲit͡sɨja]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sɨja
  • Hyphenation: па‧лі‧цыя

Noun

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палі́цыя (palícyjaf inan (genitive палі́цыі, nominative plural палі́цыі, genitive plural палі́цый, relational adjective паліцэ́йскі)

  1. (also collective) police
  2. (colloquial) police station

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “паліцыя”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • паліцыя”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • паліцыя” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org