ёўня

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ёўна (jóŭna)
• joŭnia — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jevьňa, whence also Russian ёвня (jóvnja), Polish jewnia, jownia. By surface analysis, аві́н (avín) +‎ -ня (-nja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjou̯nʲa]

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Noun

ёўня • (jóŭnja) f inan (genitive ёўні, nominative plural ёўні, genitive plural ёўняў)

1. barn

   Synonym: асе́ць (asjécʹ)

   [Тацця́на і Лясні́цкі] зайшлі́ ў гумно́, а по́тым праз ве́льмі ву́зкі прахо́д, які́ нага́дваў хутчэ́й па́ру, зале́злі ў ёўню.

   [Taccjána i Ljasnícki] zajšlí ŭ humnó, a pótym praz vjélʹmi vúzki praxód, jakí nahádvaŭ xutčéj páru, zaljézli ŭ jóŭnju.

   [Taćciana and Laśnicki] went into the threshing floor, and then through a very narrow passage which resembled a couple, climbed into the barn.

2. measure of sheaves for drying in a barn and threshing (about 3 kopecks)

Declension

Declension of ёўня (inan soft fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ёўня jóŭnja	ёўні jóŭni
genitive	ёўні jóŭni	ёўняў jóŭnjaŭ
dative	ёўні jóŭni	ёўням jóŭnjam
accusative	ёўню jóŭnju	ёўні jóŭni
instrumental	ёўняй, ёўняю jóŭnjaj, jóŭnjaju	ёўнямі jóŭnjami
locative	ёўні jóŭni	ёўнях jóŭnjax
count form	—	ёўні1 jóŭni1

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

Related terms

• аві́н (avín)

References

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