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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognate with Russian зверь (zverʹ), Ukrainian звір (zvir).
Pronunciation
Noun
звер • (zvjer) m animal (genitive зве́ра, nominative plural звяры́, genitive plural звяро́ў)
- beast, wild animal
- Звер то́лькі вы́е за сяло́м[1] ― Zvjer tólʹki výje za sjalóm ― only an animal howls near the village
- brute
- На то́е ж Але́нку Ўзяў [Тама́ш] жо́нкай цяпе́р, Каб над ёй глумі́ўся Распа́свены звер [пан]?![2] ― Na tóje ž Aljénku Ŭzjaŭ [Tamáš] žónkaj cjapjér, Kab nad joj hlumíŭsja Raspásvjeny zvjer ?! ― Is it why married Alenka now So that a sordid brute To scoff her.
- Шчапіліся ў жорсткай сутычцы два Звера: Заходні Звер і Расея.[3] ― Ščapilisja ŭ žórstkaj sutyčcy dva Zvjera: Zaxódni Zvjer i Rasjeja. ― Two brutes: Western brute and Russia clashed in a hard fight.
Declension
Declension of звер
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
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See also
References
Further reading
- “звер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Слоўнік мовы Янкі Купалы. У 8 т., 1999, page 221
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
Noun
зве̑р f (Latin spelling zvȇr)
- beast, wild animal
Declension