шырата

Belarusian

Etymology

From шыро́кі (šyróki) +‎ -ата́ (-atá). Compare Russian широта́ (širotá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂɨraˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: шы‧ра‧та

Noun

шырата́ • (šyratá) f inan (genitive шыраты́, nominative plural шыро́ты, genitive plural шыро́т, relational adjective шыро́тны)

1. (geography) latitude (one of the coordinates that determines the location of a point on the earth's surface; the distance from the equator along the meridian, expressed in degrees)

   Coordinate term: даўгата́ (daŭhatá)

2. (plural only) latitudes (a place, an area located at a certain distance from the equator)

Declension

Declension of шырата́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-о)

	singular	plural
nominative	шырата́ šyratá	шыро́ты šyróty
genitive	шыраты́ šyratý	шыро́т šyrót
dative	шыраце́ šyracjé	шыро́там šyrótam
accusative	шырату́ šyratú	шыро́ты šyróty
instrumental	шырато́й, шырато́ю šyratój, šyratóju	шыро́тамі šyrótami
locative	шыраце́ šyracjé	шыро́тах šyrótax
count form	—	шыраты́1 šyratý1

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

References

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