рабёнак

Belarusian

Etymology

Probably from Russian ребёнок (rebjónok).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [raˈbʲonak]

Noun

рабёнак • (rabjónak) m pers (genitive рабёнка, nominative plural дзе́ці or рабя́ты1, genitive plural дзяце́й or рабя́т1) (1Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".)

  1. child
    Synonyms: дзіця́ (dzicjá), дзіцё (dzicjó)

Usage notes
  • The singular form can only refer to "child" / "baby" sense.
  • The plural form рабя́ты (rabjáty) can mean "guys", "friends", etc.
  • For the plural form "children" дзе́ці (dzjéci) is the preferred word but рабя́ты (rabjáty) is also used.
  • The suppletive plural form дзе́ці (dzjéci) is originally a plural form of дзіця́ (dzicjá) or дзіцё (dzicjó) and is of native origin.

Declension
Declension of рабёнак (pr velar masc-form accent-a reduc irreg-plstem)
singular plural
nominative рабёнак
rabjónak		 дзе́ці, рабя́ты1
dzjéci, rabjáty1
genitive рабёнка
rabjónka		 дзяце́й, рабя́т1
dzjacjéj, rabját1
dative рабёнку
rabjónku		 дзе́цям, рабя́там1
dzjécjam, rabjátam1
accusative рабёнка
rabjónka		 дзяце́й, рабя́т1
dzjacjéj, rabját1
instrumental рабёнкам
rabjónkam		 дзе́цьмі, дзяцьмі́, рабя́тамі1
dzjécʹmi, dzjacʹmí, rabjátami1
locative рабёнку
rabjónku		 дзе́цях, рабя́тах1
dzjécjax, rabjátax1
count form — рабёнкі2
rabjónki2

1Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".
2Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

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