шчасце

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• шча́сьце (ščásʹcje) — Taraškievica orthography
• ščaście — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic съчѧстиѥ (sŭčęstije), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje. Compare with Polish szczęście, Russian сча́стье (sčástʹje) and Ukrainian ща́стя (ščástja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂt͡ʂasʲt͡sʲe]

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Noun

шча́сце • (ščáscje) n inan (genitive шча́сця, uncountable)

1. happiness (the emotion of being happy; joy)
   • 1835, Krótkie zebranie nauki chrzesciańskiey dla wieśniakow mówiących językiem polsko-ruskim wyznania rzymsko-katolickiego, Wilno, page 9:

     P. A czy dobra być u niebie?
     O. Ach jak dobra bo tam to szczaścia i radość wiecznaja, tam z Boham i z Aniołami żyć.

     Q. And is it good to be in heaven?
     A. It's breathtakingly good because that happiness and eternal joy is there, to live with God and Angels there.

Declension

Declension of шча́сце (inan sg-only soft neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	шча́сце ščáscje
genitive	шча́сця ščáscja
dative	шча́сцю ščáscju
accusative	шча́сце ščáscje
instrumental	шча́сцем ščáscjem
locative	шча́сці ščásci

Derived terms

• няшча́сце (njaščáscje)
• шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy)

References

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