прашчур

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пращуръ (praščur), from Old East Slavic пращуръ (praščurŭ), from Proto-Slavic *praščurъ. By surface analysis, пра- (pra-) +‎ шчур (ščur). Cognate with Russian пра́щур (práščur) and Ukrainian пра́щур (práščur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraʂt͡ʂur]
• Rhymes: -aʂt͡ʂur
• Hyphenation: праш‧чур

Noun

пра́шчур • (práščur) m pers (genitive пра́шчура, nominative plural пра́шчуры, genitive plural пра́шчураў)

1. ancestor, forefather (one from whom a person is descended)

Declension

Declension of пра́шчур (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пра́шчур práščur	пра́шчуры práščury
genitive	пра́шчура práščura	пра́шчураў práščuraŭ
dative	пра́шчуру práščuru	пра́шчурам práščuram
accusative	пра́шчура práščura	пра́шчураў práščuraŭ
instrumental	пра́шчурам práščuram	пра́шчурамі práščurami
locative	пра́шчуру práščuru	пра́шчурах práščurax
count form	—	пра́шчуры1 práščury1

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

References

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