дзяржаўны

Belarusian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Old Ruthenian державный (deržavnyj, mighty)[1] (with semantic adaptation to the modern meaning of дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva, state)), from Old East Slavic дьржавьныи (dĭržavĭnyi),[2] from Proto-Slavic *dьržavьnъ. By surface analysis, дзяржа́ва (dzjaržáva) +‎ -ны (-ny). Compare Ukrainian держа́вний (deržávnyj), Russian держа́вный (deržávnyj), Serbo-Croatian државни, državni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡zʲarˈʐau̯nɨ]

Adjective

дзяржа́ўны • (dzjaržáwny)

  1. (relational) state (attributive) (of or relating to a nation state or its government)
    дзяржа́ўны пераваро́тdzjaržáwny pjeravarótcoup d'état (literally, “state coup”)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “державный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 49
  2. ^ Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “дьржавьныи”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 138

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