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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -овати (-ovati), from Old East Slavic -овати (-ovati), Proto-Slavic *-ovati. Compare Polish -ować, Russian -овать (-ovatʹ), Ukrainian -увати (-uvaty).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-аваць or -ава́ць • (-avacʹ or -avácʹ)
- Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs
Usage notes
- It is debatable whether Belarusian has also formed a productive suffix -і́раваць (-íravacʹ) cognate to Russian -и́ровать (-írovatʹ). Many Russian verbs which use -и́ровать (-írovatʹ) display -аваць (-avacʹ) in their Belarusian cognates; compare Russian вакцини́ровать (vakcinírovatʹ) and Belarusian вакцынава́ць (vakcynavácʹ, “to vaccinate”). In many cases, Belarusian words ending in -і́раваць (-íravacʹ) also simply happen to derive from the same French and/or German sources that end with -ir (French) or -ieren (German).
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