навушнік
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- navušnik — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
на- (na-) + ву́ха (vúxa) + -нік (-nik), likely influenced by Russian нау́шник (naúšnik).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naˈvuʂnʲik]
Noun
наву́шнік • (navúšnik) m inan (genitive наву́шніка, nominative plural наву́шнікі, genitive plural наву́шнікаў) (usually in the plural)
- (radio) earphones, headphones
- Synonym: слуха́ўка (sluxáŭka)
- наву́шнікі мінашука́льніка ― navúšniki minašukálʹnika ― mine-detecting earphones
- earmuffs
- ша́пка з наву́шнікамі ― šápka z navúšnikami ― hat with earmuffs
Usage notes
- Almost always in the plural, with the exception of describing specifically one headphone or one earmuff.
Declension
Declension of наву́шнік (inan velar masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | наву́шнік navúšnik |
наву́шнікі navúšniki |
| genitive | наву́шніка navúšnika |
наву́шнікаў navúšnikaŭ |
| dative | наву́шніку navúšniku |
наву́шнікам navúšnikam |
| accusative | наву́шнік navúšnik |
наву́шнікі navúšniki |
| instrumental | наву́шнікам navúšnikam |
наву́шнікамі navúšnikami |
| locative | наву́шніку navúšniku |
наву́шніках navúšnikax |
| count form | — | наву́шнікі1 navúšniki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “навушнікі”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “навушнік” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org