лыч

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• łycz, łyč, lyč — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɨt͡ʂ]
• Rhymes: -ɨt͡ʂ

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• Hyphenation: лыч

Noun

лыч • (lyč) m inan (genitive лыча́, nominative plural лычы́, genitive plural лычо́ў)

1. snout (the long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs)
2. (slang, derogatory) mug (the face)

   даць у лыч ― dacʹ u lyč ― to punch somebody's face

   залі́ць лыч ― zalícʹ lyč ― to get seriously drunk

Declension

Declension of лыч (inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	лыч lyč	лычы́ lyčý
genitive	лыча́ lyčá	лычо́ў lyčóŭ
dative	лычу́ lyčú	лыча́м lyčám
accusative	лыч lyč	лычы́ lyčý
instrumental	лычо́м lyčóm	лыча́мі lyčámi
locative	лычы́ lyčý	лыча́х lyčáx
count form	—	лычы́1 lyčý1

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

References

• “лыч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "лыч" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum