рабёнак

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• rabionak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Probably inherited from Old Belarusian робѧ (robja). Compare with Russian ребёнок (rebjónok) and Old Polish robionek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raˈbʲonak]

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Noun

рабёнак • (rabjónak) m pers (genitive рабёнка, nominative plural дзе́ці or рабя́ты¹, genitive plural дзяце́й or рабя́т¹) (¹Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".)

1. (archaic) child

   Synonyms: дзіця́ (dzicjá), дзіцё (dzicjó)

   • 1982, Васіль Быкаў, Збор твораў у чатырох тамах: Аповесці:

     Рабёнак тады́ спіць до́бра.

     Rabjónak tadý spicʹ dóbra.

     Then the child sleeps well.

Usage notes

• The singular form can only refer to "child" / "baby" sense.
• The plural form рабя́ты (rabjáty) can mean "guys", "friends", etc.
• For the plural form "children" дзе́ці (dzjéci) is the preferred word but рабя́ты (rabjáty) is also used.
• The suppletive plural form дзе́ці (dzjéci) is originally a plural form of дзіця́ (dzicjá) or дзіцё (dzicjó) and is of native origin.

Declension

Declension of рабёнак (pr velar masc-form accent-a reduc irreg-plstem)

	singular	plural
nominative	рабёнак rabjónak	дзе́ці, рабя́ты1 dzjéci, rabjáty1
genitive	рабёнка rabjónka	дзяце́й, рабя́т1 dzjacjéj, rabját1
dative	рабёнку rabjónku	дзе́цям, рабя́там1 dzjécjam, rabjátam1
accusative	рабёнка rabjónka	дзяце́й, рабя́т1 dzjacjéj, rabját1
instrumental	рабёнкам rabjónkam	дзе́цьмі, дзяцьмі́, рабя́тамі1 dzjécʹmi, dzjacʹmí, rabjátami1
locative	рабёнку rabjónku	дзе́цях, рабя́тах1 dzjécjax, rabjátax1
count form	—	рабёнкі2 rabjónki2

¹Irregular, also used for "guys", "friends".
²Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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