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Belarusian
Etymology
From бо́льшы (bólʹšy, “bigger”) + -асць (-ascʹ, “-ness”). Possibly a calque of Polish większość, in turn a calque of Latin māiōritās. Compare Ukrainian бі́льшість (bílʹšistʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
бо́льшасць • (bólʹšascʹ) f inan (genitive бо́льшасці, uncountable)
- majority
- Antonym: ме́ншасць (mjénšascʹ)
- абсалю́тная бо́льшасць ― absaljútnaja bólʹšascʹ ― absolute majority
- бо́льшасць галасо́ў ― bólʹšascʹ halasóŭ ― a majority of votes
- у бо́льшасці вы́падкаў ― u bólʹšasci výpadkaŭ ― in the majority of cases
- перава́жная бо́льшасць ― pjeravážnaja bólʹšascʹ ― overwhelming majority
Declension
Declension of бо́льшасць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
See also
References
- “большасць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “большасць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)