рабёнак
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably inherited from Old Belarusian робѧ (robja). Compare with Russian ребёнок (rebjónok) and Old Polish robionek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
рабёнак • (rabjónak) m pers (genitive рабёнка, nominative plural дзе́ці or рабя́ты1, genitive plural дзяце́й or рабя́т1) (1Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".)
- (archaic) child
- 1982, Васіль Быкаў, Збор твораў у чатырох тамах: Аповесці:
- Рабёнак тады́ спіць до́бра.
- Rabjónak tadý spicʹ dóbra.
- Then the child sleeps well.
Usage notes edit
- The singular form can only refer to "child" / "baby" sense.
- The plural form рабя́ты (rabjáty) can mean "guys", "friends", etc.
- For the plural form "children" дзе́ці (dzjéci) is the preferred word but рабя́ты (rabjáty) is also used.
- The suppletive plural form дзе́ці (dzjéci) is originally a plural form of дзіця́ (dzicjá) or дзіцё (dzicjó) and is of native origin.
Declension edit
Declension of рабёнак (pr velar masc-form accent-a reduc irreg-plstem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | рабёнак rabjónak |
дзе́ці, рабя́ты1 dzjéci, rabjáty1 |
| genitive | рабёнка rabjónka |
дзяце́й, рабя́т1 dzjacjéj, rabját1 |
| dative | рабёнку rabjónku |
дзе́цям, рабя́там1 dzjécjam, rabjátam1 |
| accusative | рабёнка rabjónka |
дзяце́й, рабя́т1 dzjacjéj, rabját1 |
| instrumental | рабёнкам rabjónkam |
дзе́цьмі, дзяцьмі́, рабя́тамі1 dzjécʹmi, dzjacʹmí, rabjátami1 |
| locative | рабёнку rabjónku |
дзе́цях, рабя́тах1 dzjécjax, rabjátax1 |
| count form | — | рабёнкі2 rabjónki2 |
1Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".
2Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References edit
- “рабёнак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org