царква
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- carkva — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cь̀rky. Cognate with Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ) and Ukrainian це́рква (cérkva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sarkˈva]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ca‧царк‧ва
Noun
царква́ • (carkvá) f inan (genitive царквы́, nominative plural цэ́рквы, genitive plural цэ́ркваў)
- church (religious association of clergy and believers based on the commonality of faith, teaching and rites of worship)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) Eastern Orthodox church
- Coordinate term: касцёл (kascjól)
Declension
Declension of царква́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-е)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | царква́ carkvá |
цэ́рквы cérkvy |
| genitive | царквы́ carkvý |
цэ́ркваў cérkvaŭ |
| dative | царкве́ carkvjé |
цэ́рквам cérkvam |
| accusative | царкву́ carkvú |
цэ́рквы cérkvy |
| instrumental | царкво́й, царкво́ю carkvój, carkvóju |
цэ́рквамі cérkvami |
| locative | царкве́ carkvjé |
цэ́рквах cérkvax |
| count form | — | царквы́1 carkvý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “царква”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “царква” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org