грэбень

Belarusian

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грэ́бень • (hrébjenʹ) m inan (genitive грэ́беня, nominative plural грабяні́, genitive plural грабянёў)

comb (a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place)
crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles)
ridge (the line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground)
- 1976 [1926], Ernest Hemingway, translated by Юрка Гаўрук, І ўзыходзіць сонца, Knihauka (2023), translation of The Sun Also Rises, →ISBN:
  По́тым даро́га вы́бралася з ле́су і пайшла́ ні́зам паўз грэ́бень. Пе́рад на́мі былі́ рэ́дкія бязле́сныя ўзго́ркі і за́раснікі жаўтазе́лю на шыро́кіх паля́нах.
  Pótym daróha výbralasja z ljésu i pajšlá nízam paŭz hrébjenʹ. Pjérad námi bylí rédkija bjazljésnyja ŭzhórki i zárasniki žaŭtazjélju na šyrókix paljánax.

Declension of грэ́бень (inan soft masc-form accent-c)

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

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