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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Ukrainian -овий (-ovyj), -ови́й (-ovýj).
- -явы (-javy), -явы́ (-javý) — after a palatalized stem
Suffix
-авы • (-avy)
- Unstressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).
Suffix
-авы́ • (-avý)
- Final-stressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-avъ. Compare Polish -awy, Russian -а́вый (-ávyj).
Suffix
-а́вы • (-ávy)
- -ish, -y
- іржа́ (iržá, “rust”) + -авы (-avy) → іржа́вы (iržávy, “rusty”)
Derived terms