злодзей

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlodějь. By surface analysis, злы (zly) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ). Cognates include Ukrainian зло́дій (zlódij), Polish złodziej with the same meanings. The Russian злоде́й (zlodéj) means "villain".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɫod͡zʲej]

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Noun

зло́дзей • (zlódzjej) m pers (genitive зло́дзея, nominative plural зладзе́і, genitive plural зладзе́яў, feminine зладзе́йка, relational adjective зладзе́йскі)

1. thief

   Synonym: разбо́йнік (razbójnik)

Declension

Declension of зло́дзей (pr soft masc-form accent-a irreg-plstem)

	singular	plural
nominative	зло́дзей zlódzjej	зладзе́і zladzjéi
genitive	зло́дзея zlódzjeja	зладзе́яў zladzjéjaŭ
dative	зло́дзею zlódzjeju	зладзе́ям zladzjéjam
accusative	зло́дзея zlódzjeja	зладзе́яў zladzjéjaŭ
instrumental	зло́дзеем zlódzjejem	зладзе́ямі zladzjéjami
locative	зло́дзею zlódzjeju	зладзе́ях zladzjéjax
count form	—	зло́дзеі1 zlódzjei1

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

References

• “злодзей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org