сельскі

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сельскъіи (selĭskyi), from Proto-Slavic *sèlьskъ. By surface analysis, сяло́ (sjaló) +‎ -скі (-ski). Cognate with Russian се́льский (sélʹskij) and Ukrainian сільськи́й (silʹsʹkýj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲelʲskʲi]
  • Rhymes: -elʲskʲi
  • Hyphenation: сель‧скі

Adjective

се́льскі • (sjélʹski)

  1. (relational) village
  2. rural (who lives and works in a village)
  3. rural (which is related to management and self-government of the village)
  4. rural (which is outside the city, not urban)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • сельсаве́т m inan (sjelʹsavjét)

References

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