бруха

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian брюхо, from Old East Slavic брюхо (brjuxo), from Proto-Slavic *břuxo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbruxa]

Noun

бру́ха • (brúxa) n inan (genitive бру́ха, nominative plural бру́хі, genitive plural бру́хаў)

  1. abdomen, belly
    Synonyms: жыво́т (žyvót), пу́за (púza)
    па́на кляну́ць, а ў па́на бру́ха ра́сце (folk saying of someone not paying attention to any criticism) ― pána kljanúcʹ, a ŭ pána brúxa ráscje ― the lord is being scolded but lord's belly keeps growing

Declension
Declension of бру́ха (inan velar neut-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative бру́ха
brúxa		 бру́хі
brúxi
genitive бру́ха
brúxa		 бру́хаў
brúxaŭ
dative бру́ху
brúxu		 бру́хам
brúxam
accusative бру́ха
brúxa		 бру́хі
brúxi
instrumental бру́хам
brúxam		 бру́хамі
brúxami
locative бру́се
brúsje		 бру́хах
brúxax
count form — бру́хі1
brúxi1

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

References
  • “бруха” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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