Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic шьлкъ (šĭlkŭ), from a Germanic language. Compare Old Norse silki. Cognate with Russian шёлк (šolk), Ukrainian шовк (šovk) and Lithuanian šil̃kas.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʂou̯k]
  • (file)

Noun edit

шоўк (šoŭkm inan (genitive шо́ўку, nominative plural шаўкі́, genitive plural шаўко́ў)

  1. silk

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • шоўк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org