радзіна

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

radzina — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodina. Compare Polish rodzina, Ukrainian роди́на (rodýna) and Russian родня́ (rodnjá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

радзі́на • (radzína) f inan (genitive радзі́ны, uncountable, relational adjective радзі́нны)

(dated) family
Synonyms: сям'я́ (sjamʺjá), радня́ (radnjá)
- 1918, Aleś Harun, “Габруська”, in Матчын дар, Minsk: Народны сэкрэтарыят Беларусі, page 93:
  Ой, сканау Габрусь у чужыне,
  Жаль учыніу сваей радзіне.
  Oj, skanau Habrusʹ u čužynje,
  Žalʹ učyniu svajej radzinje.
  Oh, Habruś passed away in a foreign land,
  Causing sorrow for his family.
- 2012, Людміла Рублеўская, Сутарэнні Ромула‎, Litres (2022), →ISBN:
  А я, аказваецца, непралетарскага паходжання — уяві сабе, толькі таму, што мой бацька быў пры царызме, старшынёй добраахвотнай пажарнай дружыны і матчына радзіна ўся ў Заходняй Беларусі.
  A ja, akazvajecca, njepraljetarskaha paxódžannja — ujavi sabje, tólʹki tamu, što moj bacʹka byŭ pry caryzmje, staršynjój dobraaxvotnaj pažarnaj družyny i matčyna radzina ŭsja ŭ Zaxódnjaj Bjelarusi.
  And I allegedly come from a non-proletarian background—let that sink in—merely because my father was a voluntary fire brigade foreman during the tsarist era and my mother's family all lives in Western Belarus.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with радзі́ма (radzíma).

Declension

Declension of радзі́на (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	радзі́на radzína
genitive	радзі́ны radzíny
dative	радзі́не radzínje
accusative	радзі́ну radzínu
instrumental	радзі́най, радзі́наю radzínaj, radzínaju
locative	радзі́не radzínje

References

“радзіна”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
“радзіна” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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