мацярык

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to Russian матери́к (materík), Ukrainian матери́к (materýk), which see. Either way, suffixed with -ік (-ik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mat͡sʲaˈrɨk]

Noun

мацяры́к • (macjarýkm inan (genitive мацерыка́, nominative plural мацерыкі́, genitive plural мацерыко́ў, relational adjective мацерыко́вы) (geology)

  1. continent, mainland
    Synonym: кантыне́нт (kantynjént)
    аўстралі́йскі мацяры́кaŭstralíjski macjarýkAustralian continent
  2. stratum, layer
    Synonym: пласт (plast)

Declension

References

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