больш

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from бо́льшы (bólʹšy, “larger, greater”). Cognate with Russian больше (bolʹše).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bolʲʂ]

Adverb

больш • (bolʹš)

  1. more (to greater extent)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ве́нцэй (vjéncej)
    Antonym: менш (mjenš)
    больш не ― bolʹš nje ― no longer, not anymore

Derived terms

  • больш таго́ (bolʹš tahó, “moreover”, literally “more than that”)
  • найбольш (najbólʹš, “most”)

References

  • “больш” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • “больш”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
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