смецце
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- сьме́цьце (sʹmjécʹcje) — Taraškievica orthography
- смяццё (smjaccjó) — regional
- сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) — Taraškievica orthography
- śmiećcie, śmiaćcio — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъmetьje. Cognate with dialectal Russian сме́тье (smétʹje), Ukrainian сміття́ (smittjá), Polish śmiecie, Czech smetí, Slovak smeť, Upper Sorbian smjeće, Serbo-Croatian smèće, Slovene smetjè. By surface analysis, с- (s-) + мет- (mjet-) + -е (-je).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲmʲet͡sʲːe]
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Noun
сме́цце • (smjéccje) n inan (genitive сме́цця, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of сме́цце (inan sg-only soft neut-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | сме́цце smjéccje |
| genitive | сме́цця smjéccja |
| dative | сме́ццю smjéccju |
| accusative | сме́цце smjéccje |
| instrumental | сме́ццем smjéccjem |
| locative | сме́цці smjécci |
References
- “смецце” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сметье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress