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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic съмьрть (sŭmĭrtĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь. Cognate with Russian and Ukrainian смерть (smertʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
смерць • (smjercʹ) f inan (genitive сме́рці, nominative plural сме́рці, genitive plural смярце́й or сме́рцяў)
- death (cessation of life)
- Coordinate term: жыццё (žyccjó)
- (colloquial) death penalty
- Synonym: сме́ртная ка́ра (smjértnaja kára)
- (figuratively) destruction, end
Declension
Declension of смерць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-e)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Descendants
References
- “смерць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “смерць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org