кавадла

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kowadło. Doublet of кува́лда (kuválda, “sledgehammer”), a borrowing from Russian, itself borrowed from the same Polish word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈvadɫa]

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Noun

кава́дла • (kavádla) n inan (genitive кава́дла, nominative plural кава́длы, genitive plural кава́длаў)

1. anvil

Declension

Declension of кава́дла (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кава́дла kavádla	кава́длы kavádly
genitive	кава́дла kavádla	кава́длаў kavádlaŭ
dative	кава́длу kavádlu	кава́длам kavádlam
accusative	кава́дла kavádla	кава́длы kavádly
instrumental	кава́длам kavádlam	кава́дламі kavádlami
locative	кава́дле kavádlje	кава́длах kavádlax
count form	—	кава́длы1 kavádly1

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

Related terms

• кава́ць (kavácʹ)

See also

• мо́лат (mólat, “hammer”)

References

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