ахвяра
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- афя́ра (afjára) — regional
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian офера (ofera), from Old Polish ofiara.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [axˈvʲara]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: ах‧вя‧ра
Noun
ахвя́ра • (axvjára) f inan (genitive ахвя́ры, nominative plural ахвя́ры, genitive plural ахвя́р, relational adjective ахвя́рны)
- sacrifice (an object or living being offered as a gift to a deity according to the rites of some religions)
- sacrifice (a voluntary concession, denial, renunciation in favor of someone, something)
- 2024, Adriano Leonel, Адмова: Поўнае кіраўніцтва па барацьбе з гэтым болем[1], page 269:
- Нягледзячы на тое, што свет можа адмовіцца ад нас, ахвяра Езуса нагадвае нам, што Бог заўсёды прымае нас. Гэта дае нам сілы супрацьстаяць любой адмове з упэўненасцю і надзеяй.
- Njahljedzjačy na tóje, što svjet móža admóvicca ad nas, axvjara Jezusa nahadvaje nam, što Boh zaŭsjódy prymaje nas. Heta daje nam sily supracʹstajacʹ ljubój admóvje z upeŭnjenascju i nadzjejaj.
- Although the world can abandon us, the sacrifice of Jesus reminds us that God always accepts us. It gives us strength to resist any refusal with confidence and hope.
- victim (about someone who has suffered or died from some misfortune, natural disaster, etc.)
Declension
Declension of ахвя́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ахвя́ра axvjára |
ахвя́ры axvjáry |
| genitive | ахвя́ры axvjáry |
ахвя́р axvjár |
| dative | ахвя́ры axvjáry |
ахвя́рам axvjáram |
| accusative | ахвя́ру axvjáru |
ахвя́ры axvjáry |
| instrumental | ахвя́рай, ахвя́раю axvjáraj, axvjáraju |
ахвя́рамі axvjárami |
| locative | ахвя́ры axvjáry |
ахвя́рах axvjárax |
| count form | — | ахвя́ры1 axvjáry1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
nouns
- ахвя́рнік m inan (axvjárnik)
verbs
- ахвярава́ць pf or impf (axvjaravácʹ)
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “ахвя́ра”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 215
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “офера”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 323
Further reading
- “ахвяра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “ахвяра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org