месяц

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• miesiac — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měsęcь, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

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Noun

ме́сяц • (mjésjac) m inan (genitive ме́сяца, nominative plural ме́сяцы, genitive plural ме́сяцаў, relational adjective ме́сячны)

1. month
2. moon

Declension

See also

• маладзік (maladzik)
• першая чвэрць (pjeršaja čvercʹ)
• поўнік (póŭnik)
• апошняя чвэрць (apóšnjaja čvercʹ)
• блакітны месяц (blakitny mjesjac)

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

• мѣ́сяцъ (mě́sjac) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *měsęcь, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ме́сяц • (mésjac) m inan (genitive ме́сяца, nominative plural ме́сяцы, genitive plural ме́сяцев, relational adjective ме́сячный, diminutive месяцо́к)

1. month

   в ме́сяц ― v mésjac ― per month

2. (archaic) moon (the Earth's only permanent natural satellite, including a full moon)

   Synonym: луна́ (luná)

3. moon (in modern Russian usually referring to a crescent or a gibbous moon, but not a full moon)

   молодо́й ме́сяц ― molodój mésjac ― new moon

Usage notes

Stress shift to the ending is standard in по месяца́м (po mesjacám) and месяца́ми (mesjacámi, “for months”), but this has led to occasional non-standard use of the full stress pattern with final stress in all plural forms and an -а ending in the nominative/accusative plural (see го́род (górod)).

Declension

Derived terms

• медо́вый ме́сяц (medóvyj mésjac)

Related terms

• ме́сячник (mésjačnik)
• ме́сячные (mésjačnyje)
• полуме́сяц (polumésjac)
• месячи́шко (mesjačíško) (pejorative for "month")