места

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Belarusian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *město.

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Noun

ме́ста • (mjésta) n inan (genitive ме́ста, nominative plural мясты́, genitive plural мест or място́ў, relational adjective ме́скі, diminutive мястэ́чка)

  1. (dated or Taraškievica orthography) city
    Synonym: (modern term, incl. Taraškievica) го́рад (hórad)
    • 1922, Вальдэмар Астэрлёф and Язэп Шустэр, translated by Arkadź Smolič, Сусьветная гісторыя. Ч. 3: Гісторыя новых часоў, Вільня, page 65:
      У адкры́тым по́лі гугено́ты ча́ста цярпе́лі няўда́чы, зато́е ме́сты барані́ліся па гэро́йску і ўда́чна.
      U adkrýtym póli huhjenóty částa cjarpjéli njaŭdáčy, zatóje mjésty baranílisja pa herójsku i ŭdáčna.
      In the open field the Huguenots often suffered setbacks, but the cities defended themselves heroically and successfully.
    • 1933, Хведар Ільяшэвіч, Ядвігін Ш. (Антон Лявіцкі). Жыцьцё і літаратурная творчасьць, Вільня, page 27:
      Гало́ўнай ры́сай тво́раў гэ́тае гру́пы ёсьць процістаўле́ньне дабраду́шных, про́стых людзе́й вёскі — лю́дзям ме́ста, сапсу́тым, з надлама́най псы́хікай.
      Halóŭnaj rýsaj tvóraŭ hétaje hrúpy josʹcʹ procistaŭljénʹnje dabradúšnyx, próstyx ljudzjéj vjóski — ljúdzjam mjésta, sapsútym, z nadlamánaj psýxikaj.
      The main feature of the literary works of this category is contrasting the good-natured, simple villagers to the city residents, who are spoiled and have degraded psyche.
  1. (nonstandard) place
    Synonym: (standard term) ме́сца (mjésca)

Declension

Declension of ме́ста (inan hard neut-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative ме́ста
mjésta 		мясты́
mjastý
genitive ме́ста
mjésta 		мест, място́ў
mjest, mjastóŭ
dative ме́сту
mjéstu 		мяста́м
mjastám
accusative ме́ста
mjésta 		мясты́
mjastý
instrumental ме́стам
mjéstam 		мяста́мі
mjastámi
locative ме́сце
mjéscje 		мяста́х
mjastáx
count form — ме́сты1
mjésty1

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

Derived terms

References

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

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Noun

места́ • (mestá)

  1. indefinite plural of мя́сто (mjásto)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

места • (mesta)

  1. indefinite plural of место (mesto)

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

ме́ста • (mésta) n inan

  1. genitive singular of ме́сто (mésto)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:10:
      И сказал им: если где войдете в дом, оставайтесь в нем, доколе не выйдете из того места.
      I skazal im: jesli gde vojdete v dom, ostavajtesʹ v nem, dokole ne vyjdete iz tovo mesta.
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Noun

места́ • (mestá) n inan pl

  1. nominative/accusative plural of ме́сто (mésto)
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