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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian проти́вникъ (protívnik), from Proto-Slavic *protivьnikъ. By surface analysis, проціў (próciŭ) + -нік (-nik). Compare Czech protivník, Russian проти́вник (protívnik), Serbo-Croatian protivnik, Ukrainian проти́вник (protývnyk).
Pronunciation
Noun
праці́ўнік • (pracíŭnik) m pers (genitive праці́ўніка, nominative plural праці́ўнікі, genitive plural праці́ўнікаў)
- opponent, adversary, antagonist
- Synonym: апане́нт (apanjént)
- праці́ўнікі раззбрае́ння ― pracíŭniki razzbrajénnja ― opponents of disarmament
- баксёр ху́тка спра́віўся з праці́ўнікам ― baksjór xútka správiŭsja z pracíŭnikam ― the boxer quickly dealt with the oppponent
- вы́біць праці́ўніка з ако́паў ― výbicʹ pracíŭnika z akópaŭ ― to knock the enemy out of the trenches
Declension
Declension of праці́ўнік (pr velar masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “праціўнік” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “праціўнік”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)