смоўж

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic смолжь (smolžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *(s)mъlžь. Cognate with Czech mlž, Polish małż, Polabian mouz. The Russian смолж (smolž) and Ukrainian смовж (smovž) were discontinued.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smou̯ʂ]

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Noun

смоўж • (smoŭž) m animal (genitive смаўжа́, nominative plural смаўжы́, genitive plural смаўжо́ў, relational adjective смаўжо́вы, diminutive смаўжо́к)

1. slug

   Synonyms: сліма́к (slimák), слізня́к (sliznják)

2. snail

   Synonym: сліма́к (slimák)

Declension

Declension of смоўж (anml hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	смоўж smoŭž	смаўжы́ smaŭžý
genitive	смаўжа́ smaŭžá	смаўжо́ў smaŭžóŭ
dative	смаўжу́ smaŭžú	смаўжа́м smaŭžám
accusative	смаўжа́ smaŭžá	смаўжо́ў smaŭžóŭ
instrumental	смаўжо́м smaŭžóm	смаўжа́мі smaŭžámi
locative	смаўжы́ smaŭžý	смаўжа́х smaŭžáx
count form	—	смаўжы́1 smaŭžý1

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

References

• “смоўж” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смолж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress