запавет

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zapovědь, later reanalyzed by analogy with Proto-Slavic *zavětъ. Cognate with Ukrainian запові́т (zapovít); compare also the normative Russian заве́т (zavét).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zapaˈvʲet]

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Noun

запаве́т • (zapavjét) m inan (genitive запаве́ту, nominative plural запаве́ты, genitive plural запаве́таў)

1. testament (document containing a person's will)

   Synonyms: духо́ўніца (duxóŭnica), завяшча́нне (zavjaščánnje), нака́з (nakáz), тэстама́нт (testamánt)

2. testament (part of the Bible)

   Но́вы Запаве́т ― Nóvy Zapavjét ― New Testament

   Стары́ Запаве́т ― Starý Zapavjét ― Old Testament

Declension

Declension of запаве́т (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	запаве́т zapavjét	запаве́ты zapavjéty
genitive	запаве́ту zapavjétu	запаве́таў zapavjétaŭ
dative	запаве́ту zapavjétu	запаве́там zapavjétam
accusative	запаве́т zapavjét	запаве́ты zapavjéty
instrumental	запаве́там zapavjétam	запаве́тамі zapavjétami
locative	запаве́це zapavjécje	запаве́тах zapavjétax
count form	—	запаве́ты1 zapavjéty1

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

References

• “запавет” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "запавет" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum