аліва
Belarusian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈlʲiva]
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Noun
алі́ва • (alíva) f inan (genitive алі́вы, nominative plural алі́вы, genitive plural алі́ў)
- olive (a tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it)
- olive (the small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green))
- olive oil (a vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids)
- motor oil (oil for lubricating an internal-combustion engine)
Declension
Declension of алі́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | алі́ва alíva |
алі́вы alívy |
| genitive | алі́вы alívy |
алі́ў alíw |
| dative | алі́ве alívje |
алі́вам alívam |
| accusative | алі́ву alívu |
алі́вы alívy |
| instrumental | алі́вай, алі́ваю alívaj, alívaju |
алі́вамі alívami |
| locative | алі́ве alívje |
алі́вах alívax |
| count form | — | алі́вы1 alívy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
- “аліва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "аліва" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum