слоўнік

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• słoŭnik — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish słownik. By surface analysis, сло́ва (slóva) +‎ -нік (-nik). First attested in the 20th century. Compare Russian сло́вник (slóvnik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫou̯nʲik]

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• Rhymes: -ou̯nʲik
• Hyphenation: слоў‧нік

Noun

сло́ўнік • (slóŭnik) m inan (genitive сло́ўніка, nominative plural сло́ўнікі, genitive plural сло́ўнікаў)

1. (countable) dictionary (a book in which words are collected and arranged in a specific order, usually alphabetically, with an explanation or with a translation into another language)
2. (uncountable) vocabulary (a set of words used by someone)

Declension

Declension of сло́ўнік (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сло́ўнік slóŭnik	сло́ўнікі slóŭniki
genitive	сло́ўніка slóŭnika	сло́ўнікаў slóŭnikaŭ
dative	сло́ўніку slóŭniku	сло́ўнікам slóŭnikam
accusative	сло́ўнік slóŭnik	сло́ўнікі slóŭniki
instrumental	сло́ўнікам slóŭnikam	сло́ўнікамі slóŭnikami
locative	сло́ўніку slóŭniku	сло́ўніках slóŭnikax
count form	—	сло́ўнікі1 slóŭniki1

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

References

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