вёска

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian весь (vesʹ), from Old East Slavic вьсь (vĭsĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьsь. Diminutive of весь (vjesʹ, “village (dated)”) + -ка (-ka). Cognates include Polish wioska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲoska]

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Noun

вёска • (vjóska) f inan (genitive вёскі, nominative plural вёскі, genitive plural вёсак, relational adjective вяско́вы)

1. village

   Synonym: сяло́ (sjaló)

Declension

Declension of вёска (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	вёска vjóska	вёскі vjóski
genitive	вёскі vjóski	вёсак vjósak
dative	вёсцы vjóscy	вёскам vjóskam
accusative	вёску vjósku	вёскі vjóski
instrumental	вёскай, вёскаю vjóskaj, vjóskaju	вёскамі vjóskami
locative	вёсцы vjóscy	вёсках vjóskax
count form	—	вёскі1 vjóski1

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

References

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