жыта

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žito.

Pronunciation

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Noun

жы́та • (žýta) n inan (genitive жы́та, nominative plural жыты́, genitive plural жыто́ў, relational adjective жы́тні)

  1. rye
    А дзяўчы́на жы́та жа́ла
    Ды на Я́ся пагляда́ла.     (from a Belarusian song called "Касíў Ясь канюшы́ну")
    A dzjaŭčýna žýta žála
    Dy na Jásja pahljadála.
    And the girl was reaping rye
    And was glancing at Yas (Alex).

Declension

Declension of жы́та (inan hard neut-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative жы́та
žýta 		жыты́
žytý
genitive жы́та
žýta 		жыто́ў
žytóŭ
dative жы́ту
žýtu 		жыта́м
žytám
accusative жы́та
žýta 		жыты́
žytý
instrumental жы́там
žýtam 		жыта́мі
žytámi
locative жы́це
žýcje 		жыта́х
žytáx
count form — жы́ты1
žýty1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

  • “жыта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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