звязда

Belarusian

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [zʲvʲazˈda]
Audio: (file)

Noun

звязда́ • (zvjazdá) f inan (genitive звязды́, nominative plural звёзды, genitive plural звёзд or звёздаў)

(archaic or dialectal, astronomy) star
Synonyms: (modern regular term) зо́рка (zórka), (archaic or dialectal) гвя́зда (hvjázda)
- 1855, Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, “Wieczernice”, in Wieczernice i Obłąkany, Wilno: Nakładem i drukiem Jokiela Dworca, page 47:
  „Atkul tut pryhnała źwiezda niaszczasliwa / Hetaku brydotu?“
  Where did the unlucky star bring such ugliness here?
- 1858, Vinceś Karatynski, Найяснѣйшаму Яго Милосьци Гаспадару Императару Александру Микалаявичу…, Wilno: Kommissja Archeologiczna Wileńska, page 2:
  Зьве́зды марга́юць: бра́тамъ ста́не па́нъ….
  The stars blink: "The master will become a brother…"
- 1906, Alaiza Pashkevich, “Маи думки”, in Скрыпка беларуская, [Жоўква], page 11:
  З усей силы и размаху / Як красивам у звёзды здам.
  Z usjej sily i razmaxu / Jak krasivam u zvjózdy zdam.
  With all my strength and swing, like a flint, I will throw it at the stars.

Usage notes

This isn't considered to be a correct modern Belarusian word and it's missing from the modern academic dictionaries. Its modern relevance primarily stems from being the name of the newspaper Zvyazda.

Declension

Declension of звязда́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	звязда́ zvjazdá	звёзды zvjózdy
genitive	звязды́ zvjazdý	звёзд, звёздаў zvjozd, zvjózdaŭ
dative	звяздзе́ zvjazdzjé	звёздам zvjózdam
accusative	звязду́ zvjazdú	звёзды zvjózdy
instrumental	звяздо́й, звяздо́ю zvjazdój, zvjazdóju	звёздамі zvjózdami
locative	звяздзе́ zvjazdzjé	звёздах zvjózdax
count form	—	звязды́¹ zvjazdý¹

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

References

Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “звезда”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 63