певень

Belarusian

Etymology

Related with пець (pjecʹ, “to sing (dated)”). Cognate with Ukrainian пі́вень (pívenʹ), Russian пе́вень (pévenʹ) (regional).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲevʲenʲ]

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Noun

пе́вень • (pjévjenʹ) m animal (genitive пе́ўня, nominative plural пе́ўні, genitive plural пе́ўняў, relational adjective пе́ўневы, diminutive пе́ўнік)

1. rooster, cock

   Synonym: пяту́х (pjatúx)

Declension

Declension of пе́вень (anml soft masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́вень pjévjenʹ	пе́ўні pjéŭni
genitive	пе́ўня pjéŭnja	пе́ўняў pjéŭnjaŭ
dative	пе́ўню pjéŭnju	пе́ўням pjéŭnjam
accusative	пе́ўня pjéŭnja	пе́ўняў pjéŭnjaŭ
instrumental	пе́ўнем pjéŭnjem	пе́ўнямі pjéŭnjami
locative	пе́ўні pjéŭni	пе́ўнях pjéŭnjax
count form	—	пе́ўні1 pjéŭni1

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

References

• “певень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org