аўтар

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin auctor. Compare Polish autor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯tar]
• Rhymes: -au̯tar

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• Hyphenation: аў‧тар

Noun

а́ўтар • (áŭtar) m pers (genitive а́ўтара, nominative plural а́ўтары, genitive plural а́ўтараў)

1. author (creator of a literary or other artistic work, scientific work, program, etc.)

   аўтар кнігі па гісторыі ― aŭtar knihi pa históryi ― author of a history book

Declension

Declension of а́ўтар (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	а́ўтар áŭtar	а́ўтары áŭtary
genitive	а́ўтара áŭtara	а́ўтараў áŭtaraŭ
dative	а́ўтару áŭtaru	а́ўтарам áŭtaram
accusative	а́ўтара áŭtara	а́ўтараў áŭtaraŭ
instrumental	а́ўтарам áŭtaram	а́ўтарамі áŭtarami
locative	а́ўтару áŭtaru	а́ўтарах áŭtarax
count form	—	а́ўтары1 áŭtary1

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• а́ўтарскі (áŭtarski)

nouns

• а́ўтарства n inan (áŭtarstva)

References

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