-авы

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• -авы: IPA^(key): [avɨ]
• -а́вы: IPA^(key): [ˈavɨ]
• -авы́: IPA^(key): [aˈvɨ]

Etymology 1

Compare Ukrainian -овий (-ovyj), -ови́й (-ovýj).

Alternative forms

• -явы (-javy), -явы́ (-javý) — after a palatalized stem

Suffix

-авы • (-avy)

1. Unstressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Suffix

-авы́ • (-avý)

1. Final-stressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-avъ. Compare Polish -awy, Russian -а́вый (-ávyj).

Suffix

-а́вы • (-ávy)

1. -ish, -y

   ‎іржа́ (iržá, “rust”) + ‎-авы (-avy) → ‎іржа́вы (iržávy, “rusty”)

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -авы