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Belarusian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic съчѧстиѥ (sŭčęstije), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje. Compare with Polish szczęście, Russian сча́стье (sčástʹje) and Ukrainian ща́стя (ščástja).
Pronunciation
Noun
шча́сце • (ščáscje) n inan (genitive шча́сця, uncountable)
- happiness (the emotion of being happy; joy)
1835, Krótkie zebranie nauki chrzesciańskiey dla wieśniakow mówiących językiem polsko-ruskim wyznania rzymsko-katolickiego, Wilno, page 9:P. A czy dobra być u niebie?
O. Ach jak dobra bo tam to szczaścia i radość wiecznaja, tam z Boham i z Aniołami żyć.- Q. And is it good to be in heaven?
A. It's breathtakingly good because that happiness and eternal joy is there, to live with God and Angels there.
Declension
Declension of шча́сце (inan sg-only soft neut-form accent-a)
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singular
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| nominative
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шча́сце
ščáscje
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| genitive
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шча́сця
ščáscja
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| dative
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шча́сцю
ščáscju
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| accusative
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шча́сце
ščáscje
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| instrumental
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шча́сцем
ščáscjem
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| locative
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шча́сці
ščásci
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Derived terms
References
- “шчасце” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “шчасце”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)