ямшчык

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• jamščyk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ямьщикъ (jamĭščikŭ), from Turkic, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠮᠴᠢ (ǰamči). By surface analysis, ям (jam) +‎ -шчык (-ščyk). Cognate with Russian ямщи́к (jamščík).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jamʂˈt͡ʂɨk]
• Rhymes: -ɨk
• Hyphenation: ямш‧чык

Noun

ямшчы́к • (jamščýk) m pers (genitive ямшчыка́, nominative plural ямшчыкі́, genitive plural ямшчыко́ў, relational adjective ямшчы́цкі)

1. coachman on mail horses

   Hypernyms: фу́рман (fúrman), рамі́знік (ramíznik), во́знік (vóznik), во́зчык (vózčyk), ваза́к (vazák)

Declension

Declension of ямшчы́к (pr velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	ямшчы́к jamščýk	ямшчыкі́ jamščykí
genitive	ямшчыка́ jamščyká	ямшчыко́ў jamščykóŭ
dative	ямшчыку́ jamščykú	ямшчыка́м jamščykám
accusative	ямшчыка́ jamščyká	ямшчыко́ў jamščykóŭ
instrumental	ямшчыко́м jamščykóm	ямшчыка́мі jamščykámi
locative	ямшчыку́ jamščykú	ямшчыка́х jamščykáx
count form	—	ямшчыкі́1 jamščykí1

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

Related terms

nouns

• ям m inan (jam)

 

References

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