бруха

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian брюхо (brjuxo), from Old East Slavic брюхо (brjuxo), from Proto-Slavic *břuxo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruxa]

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Noun

бру́ха • (brúxa) n inan (genitive бру́ха, nominative plural бру́хі, genitive plural бру́хаў)

1. abdomen, belly

   Synonyms: жыво́т (žyvót), пу́за (púza)

   па́на кляну́ць, а ў па́на бру́ха ра́сце (folk saying of someone not paying attention to any criticism) ― pána kljanúcʹ, a ŭ pána brúxa ráscje ― the lord is being scolded but lord's belly keeps growing

Declension

Declension of бру́ха (inan velar neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бру́ха brúxa	бру́хі brúxi
genitive	бру́ха brúxa	бру́хаў brúxaŭ
dative	бру́ху brúxu	бру́хам brúxam
accusative	бру́ха brúxa	бру́хі brúxi
instrumental	бру́хам brúxam	бру́хамі brúxami
locative	бру́се brúsje	бру́хах brúxax
count form	—	бру́хі1 brúxi1

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

References

• “бруха” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org