каваль

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian коваль (kovalʹ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kovàľь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈvalʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -alʲ
  • Hyphenation: ка‧валь

Noun

кава́ль • (kaválʹm pers (genitive каваля́, nominative plural кавалі́, genitive plural кавалёў, relational adjective кава́льскі)

  1. smith, blacksmith

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • кава́льства (kaválʹstva)

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “коваль, ковалъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 166

Further reading

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