Янка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• Janka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjanka]

Etymology

From Ян (Jan) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian Ива́нушка (Ivánuška).

Proper noun

Я́нка • (Jánka) m pers (genitive Я́нкі, nominative plural Я́нкі, genitive plural Я́нкаў)

1. a diminutive, Janka, of the male given name Ян (Jan)
   • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, “Čatyry starony świetu”, in Pieršaja čytanka, Wilno: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 45:

     Janka sprytny byŭ chłapčuk, ale ješče nie chadziŭ u škołu, dyk dziwiŭsia, jak jaho brat starejšy, katory byŭ užo u školi, moh raspaznać i ŭ lesi, i ŭ poli, dzie jakaja starana świetu.

     Janka was a clever boy, but since he hadn't started school yet, he wondered about how his older brother, who was already in school, was able to determine cardinal directions both in the forest and in the field.

   • 1923, Źmitrok Biadula, “Дзе канец зямлі”, in На зачарованых гонях, Minsk: Савецкая Беларусь, page 114:

     Янка, малы сямігадовы хлопчык, каторы пасьвіў гусей на выгане ля рэчкі, пазіраў зьдзіўлёнымі васільковымі вачыма на сьвет божы ды наглядзецца ня мог. На кожным кроку бачыў ён дзівы-дзіўныя:

     Janka, maly sjamihadóvy xlópčyk, katóry pasʹviŭ husjej na vyhanje lja rečki, paziraŭ zʹdziŭljónymi vasilʹkóvymi vačyma na sʹvjet bóžy dy nahljadzjecca nja moh. Na kóžnym króku bačyŭ jon dzivy-dziŭnyja:

     Janka, a little seven-year-old boy, who was herding geese in the meadow by the river, gazed with astonished cornflower-blue eyes at the vast surrounding world and couldn't get enough of it. He saw wonders upon wonders at every step:

   • 1928, Ciška Hartny, “Янка Купала — пясьняр вызваленьня”, in Узгоркі і нізіны, Minsk: ДВБ, page 76:

     Мы бачым, што з паловы 1915 г. па год 1918 Янкам Купалам напісана зусім мала, нават у друку няма ніякага твору, які быў-бы адзначаны 1916 ці 1917 гадамі.

     My bačym, što z palóvy 1915 h. pa hod 1918 Jankam Kupalam napisana zusim mala, navat u druku njama nijakaha tvóru, jaki byŭ-by adznačany 1916 ci 1917 hadami.

     We see that from mid-1915 to 1918, very little was written by Janka Kupała. Moreover, there is no published work that can be attributed to the years 1916 or 1917.

Declension

Declension of Я́нка (pr velar masc in -а accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Я́нка Jánka	Я́нкі Jánki
genitive	Я́нкі Jánki	Я́нкаў Jánkaŭ
dative	Я́нку Jánku	Я́нкам Jánkam
accusative	Я́нку Jánku	Я́нкаў Jánkaŭ
instrumental	Я́нкам Jánkam	Я́нкамі Jánkami
locative	Я́нку Jánku	Я́нках Jánkax
count form	—	Я́нкі1 Jánki1

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

References

• "Янка" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum