воўк

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian волкъ, from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Russian волк (volk), Ukrainian вовк (vovk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vou̯k]

Noun

воўк (voŭk) m animal (genitive во́ўка or ваўка́, nominative plural ваўкі́, genitive plural ваўко́ў, feminine ваўчы́ца or ваўчы́ха, related adjective во́ўчы, diminutive ваўчо́к)

  1. wolf

Declension

References

  • воўк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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