святлафор

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• сьвятлафо́р (sʹvjatlafór) — Taraškievica orthography
• śviatłafor — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

святло́ (svjatló) +‎ -а- (-a-) +‎ Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”). Compare similar formations in Armenian լուսաֆոր (lusafor), Azerbaijani işıqfor, Estonian valgusfoor, Latvian luksofors, Lithuanian šviesoforas, Russian светофо́р (svetofór), Ukrainian світлофо́р (svitlofór).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲvʲatɫaˈfor]

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Noun

святлафо́р • (svjatlafór) m inan (genitive святлафо́ра, nominative plural святлафо́ры, genitive plural святлафо́раў, relational adjective святлафо́рны)

1. traffic light

Inflection

Declension of святлафо́р (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	святлафо́р svjatlafór	святлафо́ры svjatlafóry
genitive	святлафо́ра svjatlafóra	святлафо́раў svjatlafóraŭ
dative	святлафо́ру svjatlafóru	святлафо́рам svjatlafóram
accusative	святлафо́р svjatlafór	святлафо́ры svjatlafóry
instrumental	святлафо́рам svjatlafóram	святлафо́рамі svjatlafórami
locative	святлафо́ры svjatlafóry	святлафо́рах svjatlafórax
count form	—	святлафо́ры1 svjatlafóry1

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

References

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