Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian певный (pevnyj),[1] from Proto-Slavic *pъvьnъ. First attested in 1496. Compare Polish pewny and Ukrainian пе́вний (pévnyj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛu̯nɨ]
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Adjective

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пэ́ўны (péŭny)

  1. certain, sure, confident
  2. definite
  3. concrete

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “певный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 63

Further reading

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