лесвіца

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěstvica.[1] Compare Russian and Bulgarian ле́ствица (léstvica), Old Church Slavonic лѣствица (lěstvica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲesʲvʲit͡sa]

Noun

ле́свіца • (ljésvica) f inan (genitive ле́свіцы, nominative plural ле́свіцы, genitive plural ле́свіц, diminutive ле́свічка)

  1. staircase, stairs
    Synonym: схо́ды m pl (sxódy)
  2. ladder, stepladder
    Synonym: драбі́ны f pl (drabíny)

Declension

Declension of ле́свіца (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ле́свіца
ljésvica 		ле́свіцы
ljésvicy
genitive ле́свіцы
ljésvicy 		ле́свіц
ljésvic
dative ле́свіцы
ljésvicy 		ле́свіцам
ljésvicam
accusative ле́свіцу
ljésvicu 		ле́свіцы
ljésvicy
instrumental ле́свіцай, ле́свіцаю
ljésvicaj, ljésvicaju 		ле́свіцамі
ljésvicami
locative ле́свіцы
ljésvicy 		ле́свіцах
ljésvicax
count form — ле́свіцы1
ljésvicy1

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

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лесвіца”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 289

Further reading

  • “лесвіца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "лесвіца" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum
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