цяліца

Belarusian

Etymology

цяля́ (cjaljá) +‎ -і́ца (-íca). Compare Polish cielica, Ukrainian тели́ця (telýcja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʲaˈlʲit͡sa]

Noun

цялі́ца • (cjalíca) f animal (genitive цялі́цы, nominative plural цялі́цы, genitive plural цялі́ц)

1. (dialectal) heifer (young cow that has not calved)

   Synonyms: цёлка (cjólka), цялу́шка (cjalúška)

Declension

Declension of цялі́ца (anml hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	цялі́ца cjalíca	цялі́цы cjalícy
genitive	цялі́цы cjalícy	цялі́ц cjalíc
dative	цялі́цы cjalícy	цялі́цам cjalícam
accusative	цялі́цу cjalícu	цялі́ц cjalíc
instrumental	цялі́цай, цялі́цаю cjalícaj, cjalícaju	цялі́цамі cjalícami
locative	цялі́цы cjalícy	цялі́цах cjalícax
count form	—	цялі́цы1 cjalícy1

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

References

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