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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian певный (pevnyj),[1] from Proto-Slavic *pъvьnъ. First attested in 1496. Compare Polish pewny and Ukrainian пе́вний (pévnyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
пэ́ўны • (péŭny)
- certain, sure, confident
- definite
- concrete
Declension
Declension of пэ́ўны (hard)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “певный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 63
Further reading
- “пэўны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “пэўны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)