хвораст

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хворостъ (xvorostŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xvõrstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxvorast]

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• Rhymes: -ovast
• Hyphenation: хво‧раст

Noun

хво́раст • (xvórast) m inan (genitive хво́раста, nominative plural хво́расты, genitive plural хво́растаў)

1. brushwood

Declension

Declension of хво́раст (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	хво́раст xvórast	хво́расты xvórasty
genitive	хво́раста xvórasta	хво́растаў xvórastaŭ
dative	хво́расту xvórastu	хво́растам xvórastam
accusative	хво́раст xvórast	хво́расты xvórasty
instrumental	хво́растам xvórastam	хво́растамі xvórastami
locative	хво́расце xvórascje	хво́растах xvórastax
count form	—	хво́расты1 xvórasty1

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

References

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