кап'ё

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• kapjo — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic копие (kopije), from Proto-Slavic *kopьjè／*kȍpьje. Cognate with Russian копьё (kopʹjó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈpjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ка‧п'ё

Noun

кап'ё • (kapʺjó) n inan (genitive кап'я́, nominative plural ко́п'і, genitive plural ко́п'яў, relational adjective капе́йны)

1. (historical) spear (an ancient barbed or throwing weapon in the form of a long stick with a sharp metal tip)

Declension

Declension of кап'ё (inan soft neut-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	кап'ё kapʺjó	ко́п'і kópʺi
genitive	кап'я́ kapʺjá	ко́п'яў kópʺjaŭ
dative	кап'ю́ kapʺjú	ко́п'ям kópʺjam
accusative	кап'ё kapʺjó	ко́п'і kópʺi
instrumental	кап'ём kapʺjóm	ко́п'ямі kópʺjami
locative	кап'і́ kapʺí	ко́п'ях kópʺjax
count form	—	кап'і́1 kapʺí1

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

References

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