цот

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• cot — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *četъ. Probably cognate to Russian чёт (čot), which see чётный (čótnyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sot]

Noun

цот • (cot) m inan (genitive цо́ту, uncountable, relational adjective цо́тны)

1. (mathematics) even number

   Synonym: (more common term) цо́тны лік (cótny lik)

   цот і лі́шка ― cot i líška ― odds and evens

   цот у цот ― cot u cot ― one to one, exactly (literally, “even number to even number”)

Declension

Declension of цот (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	цот cot
genitive	цо́ту cótu
dative	цо́ту cótu
accusative	цот cot
instrumental	цо́там cótam
locative	цо́це cócje

Derived terms

• цо́тны (cótny, “even”), цо́тнасць (cótnascʹ, “parity”)

References

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