улада

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ўлада (ŭlada) (after vowels)

Etymology

Cognate with Ukrainian вла́да (vláda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈɫada]

• Audio:

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Noun

ула́да • (uláda) f inan (genitive ула́ды, nominative plural ула́ды, genitive plural ула́д)

1. power; authority

   Расейскія ўлады адмаўлялі магчымасьць уварваньня.

   Rasjejskija ŭlady admaŭljali mahčymasʹcʹ uvarvanʹnja.

   The Russian authorities denied the possibility of an invasion.

Usage notes

The forms ула́да (uláda) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўла́да (ŭláda) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Declension

Declension of ула́да (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ула́да uláda	ула́ды ulády
genitive	ула́ды ulády	ула́д ulád
dative	ула́дзе uládzje	ула́дам uládam
accusative	ула́ду uládu	ула́ды ulády
instrumental	ула́дай, ула́даю uládaj, uládaju	ула́дамі uládami
locative	ула́дзе uládzje	ула́дах uládax
count form	—	ула́ды1 ulády1

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

Derived terms

• ула́дны (uládny)
• безула́ддзе (bjezuláddzje)
• праўладны (praŭladny)

References

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