спартсмен

Belarusian

Alternative forms

спартсмэ́н (spartsmén) — Taraškievica orthography
spartsmien — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from English sportsman. Compare Polish sportsmen, Russian, Ukrainian спортсме́н (sportsmén).

Pronunciation

спартсме́н: IPA^(key): [spartˈsmʲen]
спартсмэ́н: IPA^(key): [spartˈsmɛn]

Noun

спартсме́н • (spartsmjén) m pers (genitive спартсме́на, nominative plural спартсме́ны, genitive plural спартсме́наў, female equivalent спартсме́нка)

sportsman, athlete
Synonyms: спарто́вец (spartóvjec), атле́т (atljét)

Declension

Declension of спартсме́н (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	спартсме́н spartsmjén	спартсме́ны spartsmjény
genitive	спартсме́на spartsmjéna	спартсме́наў spartsmjénaŭ
dative	спартсме́ну spartsmjénu	спартсме́нам spartsmjénam
accusative	спартсме́на spartsmjéna	спартсме́наў spartsmjénaŭ
instrumental	спартсме́нам spartsmjénam	спартсме́намі spartsmjénami
locative	спартсме́не spartsmjénje	спартсме́нах spartsmjénax
count form	—	спартсме́ны¹ spartsmjény¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Related terms

спорт (sport)

References

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