парасон
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- parason — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Blend of Polish parasol + со́нца (sónca, “sun”), with the former ultimately from Italian parasole.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paraˈson]
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Noun
парасо́н • (parasón) m inan (genitive парасо́на, nominative plural парасо́ны, genitive plural парасо́наў, relational adjective парасонавы, diminutive парасо́нік)
- umbrella
- ён ёй патрэ́бен як ры́бе парасо́н ― jon joj patrébjen jak rýbje parasón ― she needs him like a fish needs an umbrella (jocular dismissal)
Declension
Declension of парасо́н (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | парасо́н parasón |
парасо́ны parasóny |
| genitive | парасо́на parasóna |
парасо́наў parasónaŭ |
| dative | парасо́ну parasónu |
парасо́нам parasónam |
| accusative | парасо́н parasón |
парасо́ны parasóny |
| instrumental | парасо́нам parasónam |
парасо́намі parasónami |
| locative | парасо́не parasónje |
парасо́нах parasónax |
| count form | — | парасо́ны1 parasóny1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
adjectives
- парасо́навы (parasónavy)
- парасонападо́бны (parasonapadóbny)
- парасо́ністы (parasónisty)
nouns
- парасо́навыя (parasónavyja)
- парасо́нік (parasónik)
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “парасон”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Further reading
- “парасон”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “парасон” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org