Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *serdьňь. By surface analysis, серада́ (sjeradá, middle) +‎ -ні (-ni).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʲaˈrɛdnʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɛdnʲi
  • Hyphenation: ся‧рэд‧ні

Adjective

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сярэ́дні (sjarédni)

  1. medium, middle (which is in the middle, between two points, objects, two lines, etc.)
  2. average, middle (intermediate in its properties)
    Баксёр сярэдняй вагі.Baksjór sjarednjaj vahi.Middleweight boxer.
  3. mediocre (neither good nor bad)
    Synonym: пасрэ́дны (pasrédny)
  4. ordinary, usual (which does not stand out)
  5. average (obtained by dividing the sum of several values by their number; typical for a given group of phenomena)
    Сярэдняя гадавая тэмпература.Sjarednjaja hadavaja tempjeratura.Average annual temperature.
  6. (mathematics, nominalized) average
    Сярэдняе арыфметычнае.Sjarednjaje aryfmjetyčnaje.Arithmetic average.

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives

References

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