мовазнаўства

Belarusian

Etymology

From мо́ва (móva) +‎ -а- (-a-) +‎ -знаўства (-znaŭstva). Compare Polish językoznawstwo and Russian языкозна́ние (jazykoznánije).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌmovazˈnau̯stva]

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• Rhymes: -au̯stva
• Hyphenation: мо‧ва‧знаў‧ства

Noun

мовазна́ўства • (movaznáŭstva) n inan (genitive мовазна́ўства, uncountable, relational adjective мовазна́ўчы)

1. linguistics

   Synonym: лінгві́стыка (linhvístyka)

Declension

Declension of мовазна́ўства (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	мовазна́ўства movaznáŭstva
genitive	мовазна́ўства movaznáŭstva
dative	мовазна́ўству movaznáŭstvu
accusative	мовазна́ўства movaznáŭstva
instrumental	мовазна́ўствам movaznáŭstvam
locative	мовазна́ўстве movaznáŭstvje

Related terms

(nouns):

• мовазна́вец m pers (movaznávjec)

References

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