таварыш
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь. Cognate with Russian това́рищ (továrišč) and Ukrainian това́риш (továryš).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [taˈvarɨʂ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arɨʂ
- Hyphenation: та‧ва‧рыш
Noun
тава́рыш • (taváryš) m pers (genitive тава́рыша, nominative plural тава́рышы, genitive plural тава́рышаў, female equivalent тава́рышка)
- comrade (a person close to someone in common views, activities, living conditions, etc.)
- tovarish (citizen, person in Soviet society)
- peer (a person of the same age as someone)
- Synonym: раве́снік (ravjésnik)
- (obsolete) assistant, colleague
- Synonyms: памо́чнік (pamóčnik), наме́снік (namjésnik)
Declension
Declension of тава́рыш (pr hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | тава́рыш taváryš |
тава́рышы taváryšy |
| genitive | тава́рыша taváryša |
тава́рышаў taváryšaŭ |
| dative | тава́рышу taváryšu |
тава́рышам taváryšam |
| accusative | тава́рыша taváryša |
тава́рышаў taváryšaŭ |
| instrumental | тава́рышам taváryšam |
тава́рышамі taváryšami |
| locative | тава́рышу taváryšu |
тава́рышах taváryšax |
| count form | — | тава́рышы1 taváryšy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “таварыш”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “таварыш” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org