меншасць

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ме́ншы (mjénšy) +‎ -асць (-ascʹ). Cognate with Ukrainian ме́ншість (ménšistʹ).

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Noun

ме́ншасць • (mjénšascʹ) f inan (genitive ме́ншасці, nominative plural ме́ншасці, genitive plural ме́ншасцей)

  1. minority
    Antonym: бо́льшасць (bólʹšascʹ)

Declension

Declension of ме́ншасць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ме́ншасць
mjénšascʹ 		ме́ншасці
mjénšasci
genitive ме́ншасці
mjénšasci 		ме́ншасцей
mjénšascjej
dative ме́ншасці
mjénšasci 		ме́ншасцям
mjénšascjam
accusative ме́ншасць
mjénšascʹ 		ме́ншасці
mjénšasci
instrumental ме́ншасцю
mjénšascju 		ме́ншасцямі
mjénšascjami
locative ме́ншасці
mjénšasci 		ме́ншасцях
mjénšascjax
count form — ме́ншасці1
mjénšasci1

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

References

  • “меншасць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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