мяўкнуць

Belarusian

Etymology

From мя́ўкаць (mjáŭkacʹ) +‎ -нуць (-nucʹ). Cognate with Czech mňouknout, Polish miauknąć, Slovak mňauknúť and Russian мяу́кнуть (mjaúknutʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲau̯knut͡sʲ]
• Rhymes: -au̯knut͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: мяўк‧нуць

Verb

мя́ўкнуць • (mjáŭknucʹ) pf (imperfective мя́ўкаць)

1. (intransitive) to meow
   • 1989, Алесь Якімовіч, Выпрабаванне, альбо Баба Яга на ўроку заалогіі‎^[1]:

     Бедны кот толькі мяўкнуў.

     Bjedny kot tólʹki mjaŭknuŭ.

     The poor cat just meowed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of мя́ўкнуць (class 3a, perfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	мя́ўкнуць mjáŭknucʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	мя́ўкнуўшы mjáŭknuŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	мя́ўкну mjáŭknu
2nd singular ты	—	мя́ўкнеш mjáŭknješ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	—	мя́ўкне mjáŭknje
1st plural мы	—	мя́ўкнем mjáŭknjem
2nd plural вы	—	мя́ўкнеце mjáŭknjecje
3rd plural яны́	—	мя́ўкнуць mjáŭknucʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	мя́ўкні mjáŭkni	мя́ўкніце mjáŭknicje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	мя́ўкнуў mjáŭknuŭ	мя́ўкнулі mjáŭknuli
feminine я / ты / яна́	мя́ўкнула mjáŭknula
neuter яно́	мя́ўкнула mjáŭknula

References

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