яшчарка

Belarusian

яшчарка

Alternative forms

• jaščarka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ящорка (jaščorka), from Old East Slavic *ꙗщеръка (*jaščerŭka), from Proto-Slavic *aščerъka. By surface analysis, я́шчар (jáščar) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Russian я́щерка (jáščerka) and Ukrainian я́щірка (jáščirka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaʂt͡ʂarka]

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• Rhymes: -aʂt͡ʂarka
• Hyphenation: яш‧чар‧ка

Noun

я́шчарка • (jáščarka) f animal (genitive я́шчаркі, nominative plural я́шчаркі, genitive plural я́шчарак, relational adjective я́шчаркавы)

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of я́шчарка (anml velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	я́шчарка jáščarka	я́шчаркі jáščarki
genitive	я́шчаркі jáščarki	я́шчарак jáščarak
dative	я́шчарцы jáščarcy	я́шчаркам jáščarkam
accusative	я́шчарку jáščarku	я́шчарак jáščarak
instrumental	я́шчаркай, я́шчаркаю jáščarkaj, jáščarkaju	я́шчаркамі jáščarkami
locative	я́шчарцы jáščarcy	я́шчарках jáščarkax
count form	—	я́шчаркі1 jáščarki1

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

References

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