часціца

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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часць (čascʹ, (obsolete) part) +‎ -іца (-ica, diminutive suffix), possibly as a calque of Latin particula. Compare Russian части́ца (častíca), Serbo-Croatian čestica.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “was the Russian term a Latin calque which was then borrowed into Belarusian, or did Belarusian develop the calque in parallel to the Russian one?”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ʂaˈsʲt͡sʲit͡sa]

Noun

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часці́ца (čascícaf inan (genitive часці́цы, nominative plural часці́цы, genitive plural часці́ц)

  1. (physics) particle
  2. (grammar) particle

Declension

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References

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