спаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• spać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic съпати (sŭpati), from Proto-Slavic *sъpati. Cognate with Russian спать (spatʹ) and Ukrainian спа́ти (spáty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spat͡sʲ]

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• Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: спаць

Verb

спаць • (spacʹ) impf (perfective паспа́ць)

1. (intransitive) to sleep
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be buried, to rest
3. (intransitive, figuratively) to be calm, silent
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to be inactive, passive
5. (intransitive, colloquial) to have sex

Conjugation

Conjugation of спаць (class 5b, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	спаць spacʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	спя́чы spjáčy	спа́ўшы spáŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	сплю splju	бу́ду спа́ць búdu spácʹ
2nd singular ты	спіш spiš	бу́дзеш спа́ць búdzješ spácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	спіць spicʹ	бу́дзе спа́ць búdzje spácʹ
1st plural мы	спім spim	бу́дзем спа́ць búdzjem spácʹ
2nd plural вы	спіце́ spicjé	бу́дзеце спа́ць búdzjecje spácʹ
3rd plural яны́	спяць spjacʹ	бу́дуць спа́ць búducʹ spácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	спі spi	спі́це spícje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	спаў spaŭ	спа́лі spáli
feminine я / ты / яна́	спа́ла spála
neuter яно́	спа́ла spála

References

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