абараняць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian оборонѧти (oboronjati).[1]. By surface analysis, абарані́ць (abaranícʹ) +‎ -яць (-jacʹ). Cognate with Russian обороня́ть (oboronjátʹ) and Ukrainian обороня́ти (oboronjáty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [abaraˈnʲat͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: аба‧ра‧няць

Verb

абараня́ць • (abaranjácʹimpf (perfective абарані́ць)

  1. to defend, to protect

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обороняти”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 238

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