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Belarusian
Etymology
From жывы́ (žyvý) + -насць (-nascʹ). Cognate with Russian жи́вность (žívnostʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
жы́ўнасць • (žýŭnascʹ) f inan (genitive жы́ўнасці, uncountable)
- (colloquial) living creatures (often small ones)
1937 [1719], Daniel Defoe, translated by Зяма Раманавіч Півавараў, edited by Janka Maŭr, Жыццё і дзіўныя небывалыя прыгоды Рабінзона Крузо [The life and astonishing adventures of Robinson Crusoe], Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Robinson Crusoe, page 44:Непакоіла мяне таксама пытанне, як я буду здабываць сабе ежу, калі ў мяне выйдуць запасы: акрамя птушак ды двух нейкіх звяркоў накшталт нашага зайца, якія выскачылі з лесу, пачуўшы гук майго стрэлу, ніякай жыўнасці я тут не бачыў.- Njepakóila mjanje taksama pytannje, jak ja budu zdabyvacʹ sabje ježu, kali ŭ mjanje vyjducʹ zapasy: akramja ptušak dy dvux njejkix zvjarkóŭ nakštalt našaha zajca, jakija vyskačyli z ljesu, pačuŭšy huk majhó strelu, nijakaj žyŭnasci ja tut nje bačyŭ.
- I was also concerned about the matter of procuring food once the supplies run out: except for birds and two critters like our hares, which jumped out of the wood upon hearing the sound of my shot, I haven't seen any living creatures here.
Declension
Declension of жы́ўнасць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
References
- “жыўнасць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “жыўнасць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org