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Belarusian
Etymology
дзяўчы́на (dzjaŭčýna) + -ка (-ka). Compare Polish dziewczynka and Ukrainian ді́вчинка (dívčynka).
Pronunciation
Noun
дзяўчы́нка • (dzjaŭčýnka) f pers (genitive дзяўчы́нкі, nominative plural дзяўча́ткі, genitive plural дзяўча́так)
- girl, little girl (before the age of puberty)
1931 [1901], H. G. Wells, translated by Цімох Зарэчны, Першыя людзі на Месяцы, translation of The First Men in the Moon, page 108:Па дарозе да нас далучыліся дзьве дзяўчынкі з рыдлёўкамі, а потым худы хлапчук, год дванаццаці.- Pa darózje da nas dalučylisja dzʹvje dzjaŭčynki z rydljóŭkami, a pótym xudy xlapčuk, hod dvanaccaci.
- (literally, “Along the way, two little girls with spades joined us, and later a skinny little boy, aged around twelve.”)
1974 [1940], Kuźma Čorny, Насцечка (Кузьма Чорны. Збор твораў у васьмі тамах; 5), Мінск: Мастацкая літаратура, page 364:Дзяўчаткам было год па трынаццаць кожнай.- Dzjaŭčatkam byló hod pa trynaccacʹ kóžnaj.
- The girls were around thirteen years old each.
Declension
Declension of дзяўчы́нка (pr velar fem-form accent-a reduc irreg-plstem)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
- “дзяўчынка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "дзяўчынка" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum