звычайны

Belarusian

Etymology

From звы́чай (zvýčaj) +‎ -ны (-ny). Cognate with Polish zwyczajny and Ukrainian звича́йний (zvyčájnyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zvɨˈt͡ʂajnɨ]

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• Rhymes: -ajnɨ
• Hyphenation: вы‧чай‧ны

Adjective

звыча́йны • (zvyčájny) (adverb звыча́йна)

1. ordinary, usual (which always happens)

   Synonyms: пастая́нны (pastajánny), прывы́чны (pryvýčny)

   Antonym: незвыча́йны (njezvyčájny)

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 82:

     З надыходам цемры кот, Поль і місіс Піпчын нязменна знаходзіліся на сваіх звычайных месцах;

     Z nadyxódam cjemry kot, Polʹ i misis Pipčyn njazmjenna znaxódzilisja na svaix zvyčajnyx mjescax;

     [original: The cat, and Paul, and Mrs. Pipchin, were constantly to be found in their usual places after dark;]

2. unexceptional (which does not stand out among others)

   Antonym: незвыча́йны (njezvyčájny)

   • 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 28:

     Звонку гэта была самая звычайная матроская скрынка.

     Zvónku heta byla samaja zvyčajnaja matróskaja skrynka.

     [original: It was like any other seaman's chest on the outside]

   • 1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 243:

     Зеб слухаўся ўказанняў, магчыма, незразумелых звычайнаму воку, але для яго такіх ясных, як указальныя надпісы на слупах.

     Zjeb sluxaŭsja ŭkazannjaŭ, mahčyma, njezrazumjelyx zvyčajnamu vóku, alje dlja jahó takix jasnyx, jak ukazalʹnyja nadpisy na slupax.

     [original: But Zeb was conducted by signs which, although obscure to the ordinary eye, were to him intelligible as the painted lettering upon a finger-post.]

Declension

Declension of звыча́йны (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		звыча́йны zvyčájny	звыча́йнае zvyčájnaje	звыча́йная zvyčájnaja	звыча́йныя zvyčájnyja
genitive		звыча́йнага zvyčájnaha		звыча́йнай zvyčájnaj	звыча́йных zvyčájnyx
dative		звыча́йнаму zvyčájnamu		звыча́йнай zvyčájnaj	звыча́йным zvyčájnym
accusative	animate	звыча́йнага zvyčájnaha	звыча́йнае zvyčájnaje	звыча́йную zvyčájnuju	звыча́йных zvyčájnyx
	inanimate	звыча́йны zvyčájny			звыча́йныя zvyčájnyja
instrumental		звыча́йным zvyčájnym		звыча́йнай, звыча́йнаю zvyčájnaj, zvyčájnaju	звыча́йнымі zvyčájnymi
locative		звыча́йным zvyčájnym		звыча́йнай zvyčájnaj	звыча́йных zvyčájnyx

Derived terms

adjectives

• незвыча́йны (njezvyčájny)

 

nouns

• звыча́йны во́жык m animal (zvyčájny vóžyk)
• звыча́йны снягі́р m animal (zvyčájny snjahír)

 

References

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