казаць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic казати (kazati), from Proto-Slavic *kāzàti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈzat͡sʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: ка‧заць

Verb

каза́ць • (kazácʹimpf (perfective сказа́ць)

  1. (intransitive) to say (to express some thoughts, opinions orally) [with што (što) ‘that’]
    Мая маці заўсёды кажа, што я не павінен размаўляць з незнаёмымі людзьмі.
    Maja maci zaŭsjódy kaža, što ja nje pavinjen razmaŭljacʹ z njeznajómymi ljudzʹmi.
    My mother always says that I shouldn't talk to strangers.
  2. (impersonal, in the third person plural) to say (used to indicate a rumor or well-known fact)
  3. (transitive, also figuratively) to oblige, order
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to indicate, say

Conjugation

References

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