ніва

See also: Niva, niva, nivå, нива, and њива

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ňiva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲiva]

Noun

ні́ва • (níva) f inan (genitive ні́вы, nominative plural ні́вы, genitive plural ніў)

1. cornfield
2. (figuratively) field

Declension

Declension of ні́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ні́ва níva	ні́вы nívy
genitive	ні́вы nívy	ніў niŭ
dative	ні́ве nívje	ні́вам nívam
accusative	ні́ву nívu	ні́вы nívy
instrumental	ні́вай, ні́ваю nívaj, nívaju	ні́вамі nívami
locative	ні́ве nívje	ні́вах nívax
count form	—	ні́вы1 nívy1

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

References

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