кніганоша

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• knihanosza, knihanoša — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From кні́га (kníha) +‎ -а- (-a-) +‎ насі́ць (nasícʹ).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [knʲiɣaˈnoʂa]

Noun

кнігано́ша • (knihanóša) m pers (genitive кнігано́шы, nominative plural кнігано́шы, genitive plural кнігано́ш)

1. (historical) Lithuanian book smuggler
2. book distributor

Declension

Declension of кнігано́ша (pr hard masc in -а accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кнігано́ша knihanóša	кнігано́шы knihanóšy
genitive	кнігано́шы knihanóšy	кнігано́ш knihanóš
dative	кнігано́шу knihanóšu	кнігано́шам knihanóšam
accusative	кнігано́шу knihanóšu	кнігано́ш knihanóš
instrumental	кнігано́шам knihanóšam	кнігано́шамі knihanóšami
locative	кнігано́шу knihanóšu	кнігано́шах knihanóšax
count form	—	кнігано́шы1 knihanóšy1

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

Noun

кнігано́ша • (knihanóša) f pers (genitive кнігано́шы, nominative plural кнігано́шы, genitive plural кнігано́ш)

1. (historical) female Lithuanian book smuggler
2. female book distributor

Declension

Declension of кнігано́ша (pr hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кнігано́ша knihanóša	кнігано́шы knihanóšy
genitive	кнігано́шы knihanóšy	кнігано́ш knihanóš
dative	кнігано́шы knihanóšy	кнігано́шам knihanóšam
accusative	кнігано́шу knihanóšu	кнігано́ш knihanóš
instrumental	кнігано́шай, кнігано́шаю knihanóšaj, knihanóšaju	кнігано́шамі knihanóšami
locative	кнігано́шы knihanóšy	кнігано́шах knihanóšax
count form	—	кнігано́шы1 knihanóšy1

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

See also

• Lithuanian knygnešys

References

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