чыгунка

Belarusian

Etymology

From чыгу́н (čyhún, “cast iron”) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognates include Russian чугу́нка (čugúnka, “railway (obsolete)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂɨˈɣunka]

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Noun

чыгу́нка • (čyhúnka) f inan (genitive чыгу́нкі, nominative plural чыгу́нкі, genitive plural чыгу́нак)

1. (rail transport) railway, railroad

   Synonym: жале́зная даро́га (žaljéznaja daróha)

Declension

Declension of чыгу́нка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	чыгу́нка čyhúnka	чыгу́нкі čyhúnki
genitive	чыгу́нкі čyhúnki	чыгу́нак čyhúnak
dative	чыгу́нцы čyhúncy	чыгу́нкам čyhúnkam
accusative	чыгу́нку čyhúnku	чыгу́нкі čyhúnki
instrumental	чыгу́нкай, чыгу́нкаю čyhúnkaj, čyhúnkaju	чыгу́нкамі čyhúnkami
locative	чыгу́нцы čyhúncy	чыгу́нках čyhúnkax
count form	—	чыгу́нкі1 čyhúnki1

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

References

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