ямшчык

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ямьщикъ (jamĭščikŭ), from Turkic, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠮᠴᠢ (ǰamči). By surface analysis, ям (jam) +‎ -шчык (-ščyk). Cognate with Russian ямщи́к (jamščík).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Hyphenation: ямш‧чык

Noun

ямшчы́к (jamščýkm pers (genitive ямшчыка́, nominative plural ямшчыкі́, genitive plural ямшчыко́ў, relational adjective ямшчы́цкі)

  1. coachman on mail horses
    Hypernyms: фу́рман (fúrman), рамі́знік (ramíznik), во́знік (vóznik), во́зчык (vózčyk), ваза́к (vazák)

Declension

nouns

References

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