акцэнт

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akˈt͡sɛnt]
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: ак‧цэнт

Noun

акцэ́нт • (akcént) m inan (genitive акцэ́нту, nominative plural акцэ́нты, genitive plural акцэ́нтаў, relational adjective акцэ́нтны)

1. (linguistics) stress
2. (linguistics, orthography) stress mark
3. accent (a peculiar pronunciation characteristic of those who speak a foreign language)
4. accent (pronunciation distinctiveness in a particular local speech or language)

Declension

Declension of акцэ́нт (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	акцэ́нт akcént	акцэ́нты akcénty
genitive	акцэ́нту akcéntu	акцэ́нтаў akcéntaŭ
dative	акцэ́нту akcéntu	акцэ́нтам akcéntam
accusative	акцэ́нт akcént	акцэ́нты akcénty
instrumental	акцэ́нтам akcéntam	акцэ́нтамі akcéntami
locative	акцэ́нце akcéncje	акцэ́нтах akcéntax
count form	—	акцэ́нты1 akcénty1

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

Derived terms

verbs

• акцэнтава́ць impf or pf (akcentavácʹ)

References

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