дваранства

Belarusian

Etymology

From двара́нін (dvaránin) +‎ -ства (-stva). Cognate with Russian дворя́нство (dvorjánstvo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dvaˈranstva]
• Rhymes: -anstva
• Hyphenation: два‧ран‧ства

Noun

двара́нства • (dvaránstva) n inan (genitive двара́нства, uncountable)

1. nobility (the ruling class of the feudal society, consisted of landowners, high-ranking officials, and whose main source of income was land ownership)
2. (collective) the nobility, nobles

Declension

Declension of двара́нства (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	двара́нства dvaránstva
genitive	двара́нства dvaránstva
dative	двара́нству dvaránstvu
accusative	двара́нства dvaránstva
instrumental	двара́нствам dvaránstvam
locative	двара́нстве dvaránstvje

References

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