кароўка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• karoŭka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

каро́ва (karóva) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian коро́вка (koróvka), Ukrainian корі́вка (korívka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrou̯ka]

Noun

каро́ўка • (karóŭka) f animal (genitive каро́ўкі, nominative plural каро́ўкі, genitive plural каро́вак)

1. diminutive of карова (karóva): little cow

Declension

Declension of каро́ўка (anml velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	каро́ўка karóŭka	каро́ўкі karóŭki
genitive	каро́ўкі karóŭki	каро́вак karóvak
dative	каро́ўцы karóŭcy	каро́ўкам karóŭkam
accusative	каро́ўку karóŭku	каро́вак karóvak
instrumental	каро́ўкай, каро́ўкаю karóŭkaj, karóŭkaju	каро́ўкамі karóŭkami
locative	каро́ўцы karóŭcy	каро́ўках karóŭkax
count form	—	каро́ўкі1 karóŭki1

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

Derived terms

• каро́ўка-баго́ўка (karóŭka-bahóŭka, “ladybird”)

References

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