смелы

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic съмѣлъ (sŭmělŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъmělъ. By surface analysis, смець (smjecʹ, “to dare”) +‎ -лы (-ly).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲmʲeɫɨ]

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Adjective

сме́лы • (smjély)

1. daring, audacious, bold, brave

   Synonym: адва́жны (advážny)

Declension

Declension of сме́лы (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		сме́лы smjély	сме́лае smjélaje	сме́лая smjélaja	сме́лыя smjélyja
genitive		сме́лага smjélaha		сме́лай smjélaj	сме́лых smjélyx
dative		сме́ламу smjélamu		сме́лай smjélaj	сме́лым smjélym
accusative	animate	сме́лага smjélaha	сме́лае smjélaje	сме́лую smjéluju	сме́лых smjélyx
	inanimate	сме́лы smjély			сме́лыя smjélyja
instrumental		сме́лым smjélym		сме́лай, сме́лаю smjélaj, smjélaju	сме́лымі smjélymi
locative		сме́лым smjélym		сме́лай smjélaj	сме́лых smjélyx

Derived terms

• сме́ласць (smjélascʹ)

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

• смелы́: IPA^(key): [smʲɪˈɫɨ]
• сме́лы: IPA^(key): [ˈsmʲeɫɨ]

Adjective

смелы́ or сме́лы • (smelý or smély)

1. short plural of сме́лый (smélyj)