служыцель

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• słužyciel — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

служыць (služycʹ) +‎ -цель (-cjelʹ). Compare Russian служи́тель (služítelʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫuˈʐɨt͡sʲelʲ]

Noun

служы́цель • (služýcjelʹ) m pers (genitive служы́целя, nominative plural служы́целі, genitive plural служы́целяў, feminine служы́цельніца)

1. servant

   Synonyms: слуга́ (sluhá), прыслу́жнік (pryslúžnik)

2. a minor employee, worker

   служы́цель музе́я ― služýcjelʹ muzjéja ― museum worker

3. (figurative) servant, slave (person who serves something, works and brings benefits with their work in a certain field (science, art, etc.))
4. (religion) servant (person who dedicates themselves to God)

Declension

Declension of служы́цель (pr soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	служы́цель služýcjelʹ	служы́целі služýcjeli
genitive	служы́целя služýcjelja	служы́целяў služýcjeljaŭ
dative	служы́целю služýcjelju	служы́целям služýcjeljam
accusative	служы́целя služýcjelja	служы́целяў služýcjeljaŭ
instrumental	служы́целем služýcjeljem	служы́целямі služýcjeljami
locative	служы́целю služýcjelju	служы́целях služýcjeljax
count form	—	служы́целі1 služýcjeli1

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

Derived terms

• свяшчэннаслужы́цель (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ)

 

References

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