навушнік

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• navušnik — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ ву́ха (vúxa) +‎ -нік (-nik), likely influenced by Russian нау́шник (naúšnik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈvuʂnʲik]

Noun

наву́шнік • (navúšnik) m inan (genitive наву́шніка, nominative plural наву́шнікі, genitive plural наву́шнікаў) (usually in the plural)

1. (radio) earphones, headphones

   Synonym: слуха́ўка (sluxáŭka)

   наву́шнікі мінашука́льніка ― navúšniki minašukálʹnika ― mine-detecting earphones

2. earmuffs

   ша́пка з наву́шнікамі ― šápka z navúšnikami ― hat with earmuffs

Usage notes

• Almost always in the plural, with the exception of describing specifically one headphone or one earmuff.

Declension

Declension of наву́шнік (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	наву́шнік navúšnik	наву́шнікі navúšniki
genitive	наву́шніка navúšnika	наву́шнікаў navúšnikaŭ
dative	наву́шніку navúšniku	наву́шнікам navúšnikam
accusative	наву́шнік navúšnik	наву́шнікі navúšniki
instrumental	наву́шнікам navúšnikam	наву́шнікамі navúšnikami
locative	наву́шніку navúšniku	наву́шніках navúšnikax
count form	—	наву́шнікі1 navúšniki1

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

References

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