звер

See also: ѕвер

Belarusian

звер • (zvjer) m animal (genitive зве́ра, nominative plural звяры́, genitive plural звяро́ў)

beast, wild animal
- 1938 [1841], Taras Shevchenko, translated by Janka Kupała, Гайдамакі, translation of Гайдамаки (in Ukrainian); republished as Паэмы, пераклады (Купала Я. Поўны збор твораў; 6), Minsk: Мастацкая літаратура, 1999, →ISBN, page 323:
  Нідзе не чуць людское мовы; / Звер толькі вые за сялом, / Трупы грызучы.
  Nidzje nje čucʹ ljudskóje móvy; / Zvjer tólʹki vyje za sjalóm, / Trupy hryzučy.
  [original: Нигде нечуть людскои мовы, / Тилько звирь вые, йде въ село / Де чуе трупы;]
  Nyhde nečutʹ ljudskoy movy, / Tylʹko zvyrʹ vye, jde v selo / De čue trupy;
  No human speech can be heard anywhere. Only a beast howls on the outskirts of the village, gnawing at corpses.
brute
- 1906, Janka Kupała, “Нікому”, in Янка Купала. Том шосты (Збор твораў; 6), Minsk: ДВБ, published 1932, page 145:
  На тое-ж Аленку / Ўзяў жонкай цяпер, / Каб над ёй глуміўся / Распасьвяны зьвер?!
  Na tóje-ž Aljenku / Ŭzjaŭ žónkaj cjapjer, / Kab nad joj hlumiŭsja / Raspasʹvjany zʹvjer?!
  Has he now taken Alenka as a wife only to have her tormented by a sordid brute?!

Declension of звер (anml hard masc-form accent-c)

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

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

зве̑р f (Latin spelling zvȇr)

Declension of звер