адвага
Belarusian
Etymology
Possibly from Polish odwaga. Cognate with Russian отва́га (otvága), Ukrainian відва́га (vidváha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [adˈvaɣa]
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Noun
адва́га • (adváha) f inan (genitive адва́гі, uncountable)
- bravery, valour, courage
- Synonyms: сме́ласць (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ), му́жнасць (múžnascʹ)
- Antonyms: тру́сасць (trúsascʹ), палахлі́васць (palaxlívascʹ), баязлі́васць (bajazlívascʹ), маладу́шнасць (maladúšnascʹ)
Declension
Declension of адва́га (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)
singular | |
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nominative | адва́га adváha |
genitive | адва́гі adváhi |
dative | адва́зе advázje |
accusative | адва́гу adváhu |
instrumental | адва́гай, адва́гаю adváhaj, adváhaju |
locative | адва́зе advázje |
Derived terms
- адва́жны (advážny)
References
- “адвага” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “отвага”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress