айчына

Belarusian

Etymology

From айце́ц (ajcjéc) +‎ -ы́на (-ýna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈt͡ʂɨna]

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• Rhymes: -ɨna
• Hyphenation: ай‧чы‧на

Noun

айчы́на • (ajčýna) f inan (genitive айчы́ны, nominative plural айчы́ны, genitive plural айчы́н, relational adjective айчы́нны)

1. fatherland, homeland

   Synonyms: ба́цькаўшчына (bácʹkaŭščyna), радзі́ма (radzíma)

Declension

Declension of айчы́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	айчы́на ajčýna	айчы́ны ajčýny
genitive	айчы́ны ajčýny	айчы́н ajčýn
dative	айчы́не ajčýnje	айчы́нам ajčýnam
accusative	айчы́ну ajčýnu	айчы́ны ajčýny
instrumental	айчы́най, айчы́наю ajčýnaj, ajčýnaju	айчы́намі ajčýnami
locative	айчы́не ajčýnje	айчы́нах ajčýnax
count form	—	айчы́ны1 ajčýny1

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

Derived terms

nouns

• суайчы́ннік m pers (suajčýnnik)

References

• “айчына”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “айчына” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "айчына" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum