глупства

Belarusian

Etymology

Maybe borrowed from Polish głupstwo, from głupi + -stwo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣɫupstva]

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Noun

глу́пства • (hlúpstva) n inan (genitive глу́пства, nominative plural глу́пствы, genitive plural глу́пстваў)

1. nonsense, silliness, stupidity (an act that is stupid)

Declension

Declension of глу́пства (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	глу́пства hlúpstva	глу́пствы hlúpstvy
genitive	глу́пства hlúpstva	глу́пстваў hlúpstvaŭ
dative	глу́пству hlúpstvu	глу́пствам hlúpstvam
accusative	глу́пства hlúpstva	глу́пствы hlúpstvy
instrumental	глу́пствам hlúpstvam	глу́пствамі hlúpstvami
locative	глу́пстве hlúpstvje	глу́пствах hlúpstvax
count form	—	глу́пствы1 hlúpstvy1

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

References

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