месца

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мѣстьце (městĭce), мѣстце (městce), from Proto-Slavic *městьce, from *město (“place, town”) +‎ *-ьce. Equivalent to ме́ста (mjésta) +‎ -ца (-ca).

Cognate with Ukrainian мі́сце (mísce), Polish miejsce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲest͡sa]

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Noun

ме́сца • (mjésca) n inan (genitive ме́сца, nominative plural ме́сцы, genitive plural ме́сцаў)

1. place
2. room, space

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	ме́сца mjésca	ме́сцы mjéscy
genitive	ме́сца mjésca	ме́сцаў mjéscaŭ
dative	ме́сцу mjéscu	ме́сцам mjéscam
accusative	ме́сца mjésca	ме́сцы mjéscy
instrumental	ме́сцам mjéscam	ме́сцамі mjéscami
locative	ме́сцы mjéscy	ме́сцах mjéscax
count form	—	ме́сцы1 mjéscy1

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

Derived terms

• мясцо́вы (mjascóvy)

Related terms

• заме́ст (zamjést)

References

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