дужы
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian дужий (dužij),[1] from Proto-Slavic *dužь.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈduʐɨ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uʐɨ
- Hyphenation: ду‧жы
Adjective
ду́жы • (dúžy)
- strong (possessing great physical strength)
- Synonym: мо́цны (mócny)
- (colloquial) large, of great size or magnitude
Declension
Declension of ду́жы (hard)
| masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ду́жы dúžy |
ду́жае dúžaje |
ду́жая dúžaja |
ду́жыя dúžyja | |
| genitive | ду́жага dúžaha |
ду́жай dúžaj |
ду́жых dúžyx | ||
| dative | ду́жаму dúžamu |
ду́жай dúžaj |
ду́жым dúžym | ||
| accusative | animate | ду́жага dúžaha |
ду́жае dúžaje |
ду́жую dúžuju |
ду́жых dúžyx |
| inanimate | ду́жы dúžy |
ду́жыя dúžyja | |||
| instrumental | ду́жым dúžym |
ду́жай, ду́жаю dúžaj, dúžaju |
ду́жымі dúžymi | ||
| locative | ду́жым dúžym |
ду́жай dúžaj |
ду́жых dúžyx | ||
Derived terms
- ду́жа (dúža)
References
- ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “дужий, дужый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 98
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “дужы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika
Further reading
- "дужы" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum
- “дужы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org