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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognate with Russian зверь (zverʹ), Ukrainian звір (zvir).
Pronunciation
Noun
звер • (zvjer) m animal (genitive зве́ра, nominative plural звяры́, genitive plural звяро́ў)
- beast, wild animal
1938 , Taras Shevchenko, translated by Janka Kupała, Гайдамакі, translation of Гайдамаки (in Ukrainian); republished as Паэмы, пераклады (Купала Я. Поўны збор твораў; 6), Minsk: Мастацкая літаратура, 1999, →ISBN, page 323:Нідзе не чуць людское мовы; / Звер толькі вые за сялом, / Трупы грызучы.- Nidzje nje čucʹ ljudskóje móvy; / Zvjer tólʹki vyje za sjalóm, / Trupy hryzučy.
- Nyhde nečutʹ ljudskoy movy, / Tylʹko zvyrʹ vye, jde v selo / De čue trupy;
- No human speech can be heard anywhere. Only a beast howls on the outskirts of the village, gnawing at corpses.
- brute
1906, Janka Kupała, “Нікому”, in Янка Купала. Том шосты (Збор твораў; 6), Minsk: ДВБ, published 1932, page 145:На тое-ж Аленку / Ўзяў жонкай цяпер, / Каб над ёй глуміўся / Распасьвяны зьвер?!- Na tóje-ž Aljenku / Ŭzjaŭ žónkaj cjapjer, / Kab nad joj hlumiŭsja / Raspasʹvjany zʹvjer?!
- Has he now taken Alenka as a wife only to have her tormented by a sordid brute?!
Declension
Declension of звер (anml hard masc-form accent-c)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Hypernyms
See also
References
- “звер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “звер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
Noun
зве̑р f (Latin spelling zvȇr)
- beast, wild animal
Declension