-авы

Belarusian

Pronunciation

  • -авы: IPA(key): [avɨ]
  • -а́вы: IPA(key): [ˈavɨ]
  • -авы́: IPA(key): [aˈvɨ]

Etymology 1

Compare Ukrainian -овий (-ovyj), -ови́й (-ovýj).

Alternative forms

  • -явы (-javy), -явы́ (-javý) — after a palatalized stem

Suffix

-авы • (-avy)

  1. Unstressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Suffix

-авы́ • (-avý)

  1. Final-stressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-avъ. Compare Polish -awy, Russian -а́вый (-ávyj).

Suffix

-а́вы • (-ávy)

  1. -ish, -y
    ‎іржа́ (iržá, “rust”) + ‎-авы (-avy) → ‎іржа́вы (iržávy, “rusty”)

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -авы
барвенкавы
барсавы
валошкавы
іржавы
кіпарысавы
крывавы
мальвавы
рамонкавы
ружавы
салатавы
саракавы
смарагдавы
фіялетавы
фіялкавы
цэхавы
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