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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognate with Russian хвост (xvost).
Pronunciation
Noun
хвост • (xvost) m inan (genitive хваста́, nominative plural хвасты́, genitive plural хвасто́ў)
- tail
Inflection
Declension of хвост (inan hard masc-form accent-b)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “хвост” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
хвост • (xvost) m inan (genitive хвоста́, nominative plural хвосты́, genitive plural хвосто́в, relational adjective хвостово́й, diminutive хво́стик)
- tail
- queue
- (university slang) academic arrears, backlog
- Synonym: академи́ческая задо́лженность (akademíčeskaja zadólžennostʹ)
Declension
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References
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хвост”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хвост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress