-авы

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare Ukrainian -овий (-ovyj), -ови́й (-ovýj).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-авы (-avy)

  1. Unstressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Suffix

-авы́ (-avý)

  1. Final-stressed variant of -о́вы (-óvy).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-avъ. Compare Polish -awy, Russian -а́вый (-ávyj).

Suffix

-а́вы (-ávy)

  1. -ish, -y
    іржа́ (iržá, rust) + ‎-авы (-avy) → ‎іржа́вы (iržávy, rusty)

Derived terms