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 • (kazácʹ) impf (perfective сказа́ць)
- (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.
- (impersonal, in the third person plural) to say (used to indicate a rumor or well-known fact)
- (transitive, also figuratively) to oblige, order
- (transitive, figuratively) to indicate, say
Conjugation
Conjugation of каза́ць (class 6c, imperfective, transitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | каза́ць kazácʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | каза́ны kazány |
| adverbial | ка́жучы kážučy |
каза́ўшы kazáŭšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
кажу́ kažú |
бу́ду каза́ць búdu kazácʹ |
| 2nd singular ты |
ка́жаш kážaš |
бу́дзеш каза́ць búdzješ kazácʹ |
| 3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
ка́жа káža |
бу́дзе каза́ць búdzje kazácʹ |
| 1st plural мы |
ка́жам kážam |
бу́дзем каза́ць búdzjem kazácʹ |
| 2nd plural вы |
ка́жаце kážacje |
бу́дзеце каза́ць búdzjecje kazácʹ |
| 3rd plural яны́ |
ка́жуць kážucʹ |
бу́дуць каза́ць búducʹ kazácʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| second-person | кажы́ kažý |
кажы́це kažýcje |
| past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
| masculine я / ты / ён |
каза́ў kazáŭ |
каза́лі kazáli |
| feminine я / ты / яна́ |
каза́ла kazála | |
| neuter яно́ |
каза́ла kazála | |
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