таварыш

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tovarišь, from *tovarъ + *-iščь. Cognate with Ukrainian това́риш (továryš), Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taˈvarɨʂ]

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Noun

тава́рыш • (taváryš) m pers (genitive тава́рыша, nominative plural тава́рышы, genitive plural тава́рышаў, feminine тава́рышка)

1. comrade, close friend
2. tovarish
3. colleague

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	тава́рыш taváryš	тава́рышы taváryšy
genitive	тава́рыша taváryša	тава́рышаў taváryšaŭ
dative	тава́рышу taváryšu	тава́рышам taváryšam
accusative	тава́рыша taváryša	тава́рышаў taváryšaŭ
instrumental	тава́рышам taváryšam	тава́рышамі taváryšami
locative	тава́рышу taváryšu	тава́рышах taváryšax
count form	—	тава́рышы1 taváryšy1

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

References

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