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Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German scerf (“coin”) possibly through Polish skarb.
Pronunciation
Noun
скарб • (skarb) m inan (genitive ска́рбу, nominative plural ска́рбы, genitive plural ска́рбаў)
- a collection of valuable things (money, jewels etc.)
- treasure
- (in the plural) values, that which is valued or highly esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system
- (figurative) anything or anybody greatly valued
- somebody or something valuable to someone
- wealthy (of thoughts, feelings etc.)
- property, belongings
Declension
Declension of скарб (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “скарб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish skarb (“treasure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
скарб • (skarb) m inan (genitive ска́рба, nominative plural ска́рбы, genitive plural ска́рбов)
- belongings; things
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German scerf (“coin”) possibly through Polish skarb.
Pronunciation
Noun
скарб • (skarb) m inan (genitive ска́рбу, nominative plural скарби́, genitive plural скарбі́в)
- a collection of valuable things (money, jewels etc.)
- treasure
- (in the plural) natural resources
- (in the plural) values, that which is valued or highly esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system
- (figurative) anything or anybody greatly valued
- somebody or something valuable to someone
- wealthy (of thoughts, feelings etc.)
- (colloquial, rarely) a term of endearment
- (colloquial) property, goods, things
- (archaic) funds, money
- (archaic) treasury
- (obsolete) landlord estate in Right-bank Ukraine
Declension
Declension of скарб (inan hard masc-form accent-c)
Derived terms
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “скарб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “скарб”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka