палкаводзец

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• pałkavodziec — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlkovodьcь. By surface analysis, полк (polk, “host, army”) +‎ -а- (-a-) +‎ вадзіць (vadzicʹ, “to lead”) +‎ -ец (-jec). Compare Russian полково́дец (polkovódec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paɫkaˈvod͡zʲet͡s]

Noun

палкаво́дзец • (palkavódzjec) m pers (genitive палкаво́дца, nominative plural палкаво́дцы, genitive plural палкаво́дцаў)

1. commander

Declension

Declension of палкаво́дзец (pr hard masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	палкаво́дзец palkavódzjec	палкаво́дцы palkavódcy
genitive	палкаво́дца palkavódca	палкаво́дцаў palkavódcaŭ
dative	палкаво́дцу palkavódcu	палкаво́дцам palkavódcam
accusative	палкаво́дца palkavódca	палкаво́дцаў palkavódcaŭ
instrumental	палкаво́дцам palkavódcam	палкаво́дцамі palkavódcami
locative	палкаво́дцу palkavódcu	палкаво́дцах palkavódcax
count form	—	палкаво́дцы1 palkavódcy1

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

See also

• камандзі́р m (kamandzír)
• каманды́р m (kamandýr)
• ваенача́льнік m (vajenačálʹnik)
• кама́ндэр m (kamánder)

References

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