адвага

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• adwaha, advaha — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Possibly from Polish odwaga. Cognate with Russian отва́га (otvága), Ukrainian відва́га (vidváha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [adˈvaɣa]

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Noun

адва́га • (adváha) f inan (genitive адва́гі, uncountable)

1. bravery, valour, courage

   Synonyms: сме́ласць (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ), му́жнасць (múžnascʹ)

   Antonyms: тру́сасць (trúsascʹ), палахлі́васць (palaxlívascʹ), баязлі́васць (bajazlívascʹ), маладу́шнасць (maladúšnascʹ)

Declension

Declension of адва́га (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	адва́га adváha
genitive	адва́гі adváhi
dative	адва́зе advázje
accusative	адва́гу adváhu
instrumental	адва́гай, адва́гаю adváhaj, adváhaju
locative	адва́зе advázje

Derived terms

• адва́жны (advážny)

References

• “адвага” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отвага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress