Appendix:Belarusian doublets

Slavic edit

East Slavic – West Slavic edit

Compared to its sister Russian, Belarusian has borrowed more words from Polish.

Proto-Slavic Inherited from East Slavic Borrowed from Polish
*borna барана́ (baraná, “harrow”) бра́ма (bráma, “gate”)
*kъnędzь князь (knjazʹ, “prince”) ксёндз (ksjondz, “Catholic priest”)
*morkъ мо́рак (mórak, “darkness”) мрок (mrok, “gloom”)
*nozdra наздра́ (nazdrá, “nostril”) но́здра (nózdra, “nostril”)
*nǫďa ну́жа (núža, “need”) нэ́ндза (néndza, “poverty”)
*otьcь аце́ц (acjéc, “father”) айце́ц (ajcjéc, “father”)
*ǫtrobьnъ вутро́бны (vutróbny) вантро́бны (vantróbny, “internal”)
*pelnъ пало́н (palón, “captivity”) плён (pljon, “crop, harvest, yield”)
*pojasъ по́яс (pójas, “belt, girdle”) пас (pas, “belt”)
*stъlbъ стоўб (stoŭb) слуп (slup, “column, pillar, post”)
*sьrebro серабро́ (sjerabró, “silver”) срэ́бра (srébra, “silver”)
*sьrna се́рна (sjérna, “chamois”) са́рна (sárna, “roe deer”)
*śěrъ се́ры (sjéry, “grey”, dialectal) шэ́ры (šéry, “grey”)
*tъlstъ то́ўсты (tóŭsty, “thick”) тлу́сты (tlústy, “greasy, fat”)
*xvorstъ хво́раст (xvórast, “brushwood”) хруст (xrust)
*zamъkъ замо́к (zamók, “lock”) за́мак (zámak, “castle”)
*zorkъ зо́рак (zórak) зрок (zrok, “sight, vision”)
*želbъ жо́лаб (žólab, “trench, trough”) жлоб (žlob)
*ǫzlъ ву́зел (vúzjel, “knot”) ве́нзель (vjénzjelʹ, “monogram”)
Proto-Slavic Inherited from East Slavic Borrowed from Polish

East Slavic – South Slavic edit

Proto-Slavic Inherited from East Slavic Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic
*dervo дзе́рава (dzjérava) дрэ́ва (dréva, “tree, wood”)
*nebo нёба (njóba, “palate”) не́ба (njéba, “heaven, sky”)
*sъborъ збор (zbor, “collection”) сабо́р (sabór, “cathedral”)
*vermę ве́реме (vjérjemje, “good weather”, obsolete) урэ́мя (urémja, “time”, obsolete)
*xorbrъ харо́бры (xaróbry, “brave”) хра́бры (xrábry, “brave”)
*xormъ хо́рам (xóram) храм (xram, “shrine, temple”)

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Proto-Slavic Descendants
*kovadlo кува́лда (kuválda, “sledgehammer”), кава́дла (kavádla, “anvil”)
*skora ску́ра (skúra, “leather, skin”), шку́ра (škúra, “hide”)
*želězo зялеза (zjaljeza), жалеза (žaljeza, “iron”)