персанаж

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• пэрсана́ж (persanáž) — Taraškievica orthography
• persanaž, piersanaž — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Ultimately from French personnage. Compare Russian and Ukrainian персона́ж (personáž).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲersaˈnaʂ]
• Rhymes: -aʂ

Noun

персана́ж • (pjersanáž) m pers (genitive персана́жа, nominative plural персана́жы, genitive plural персана́жаў)

1. (literature) character, personage

   Synonym: дзе́ючая асо́ба (dzjéjučaja asóba)

   галоўны персана́ж ― halóŭny pjersanáž ― main character

   эпізадычны персана́ж ― epizadyčny pjersanáž ― episodic character

   адмоўны персана́ж ― admóŭny pjersanáž ― negative character

Declension

Declension of персана́ж (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	персана́ж pjersanáž	персана́жы pjersanážy
genitive	персана́жа pjersanáža	персана́жаў pjersanážaŭ
dative	персана́жу pjersanážu	персана́жам pjersanážam
accusative	персана́жа pjersanáža	персана́жаў pjersanážaŭ
instrumental	персана́жам pjersanážam	персана́жамі pjersanážami
locative	персана́жу pjersanážu	персана́жах pjersanážax
count form	—	персана́жы1 pjersanážy1

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

References

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