васіліск

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• vasilisk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Either cognate or borrowing of Russian василиск (vasilisk) or Ukrainian василіск (vasylisk). Likely either inherited from Old East Slavic василискъ (vasiliskŭ) or borrowed from Old Church Slavonic василискъ (vasiliskŭ), ultimately from Byzantine Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos). Alternatively, might be borrowed from German Basilisk or Latin basiliscus and modified under the influence of Greek borrowings like Васи́лий (Vasílij).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vasʲiˈlʲisk]

Noun

васілі́ск • (vasilísk) m animal (genitive васілі́ска, nominative plural васілі́скі, genitive plural васілі́скаў)

1. (mythology) basilisk (mythological or heraldic creature)
2. (zoology) basilisk, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus

Declension

Declension of васілі́ск (anml velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	васілі́ск vasilísk	васілі́скі vasilíski
genitive	васілі́ска vasilíska	васілі́скаў vasilískaŭ
dative	васілі́ску vasilísku	васілі́скам vasilískam
accusative	васілі́ска vasilíska	васілі́скаў vasilískaŭ
instrumental	васілі́скам vasilískam	васілі́скамі vasilískami
locative	васілі́ску vasilísku	васілі́сках vasilískax
count form	—	васілі́скі1 vasilíski1

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

References

• “васіліск” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “василіск”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “василиск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress