мець
Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьměti. Cognates include Russian име́ть (imétʹ), Ukrainian ма́ти (máty), Polish mieć.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲet͡sʲ]
Verb
мець • (mjecʹ) impf
- (transitive) to have
Usage notes
- The more common way to express possession is to use the preposition у + the genitive form of the pronoun (e.g. маю = у мяне́, маеш = у цябе́, мае = у яго́ (ён, яно), у яе́ (яна), маем = у нас, маеце = у вас, маюць = у іх). The past tense is expressed using the past tense of the verb быць, with the gender of the verb form matching that of the object possessed. To express the future tense, будзе (if the object possessed is in singular) or будуць (if the object possessed is in plural) are used.
Conjugation
Conjugation of мець (class 1a, imperfective, transitive, irregular)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | мець mjecʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | ма́ючы májučy | ме́ўшы mjéŭšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я | ма́ю máju | бу́ду ме́ць búdu mjécʹ |
| 2nd singular ты | ма́еш máješ | бу́дзеш ме́ць búdzješ mjécʹ |
| 3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ | ма́е máje | бу́дзе ме́ць búdzje mjécʹ |
| 1st plural мы | ма́ем májem | бу́дзем ме́ць búdzjem mjécʹ |
| 2nd plural вы | ма́еце májecje | бу́дзеце ме́ць búdzjecje mjécʹ |
| 3rd plural яны́ | ма́юць májucʹ | бу́дуць ме́ць búducʹ mjécʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| second-person | май maj | ма́йце májcje |
| past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
| masculine я / ты / ён | меў mjeŭ | ме́лі mjéli |
| feminine я / ты / яна́ | ме́ла mjéla | |
| neuter яно́ | ме́ла mjéla | |
Further reading
- I. I. Nosovič, editor (1870), “мѣць”, in Slovarʹ bělorusskago narěčija (in Russian), volume 1–2, Saint Petersburg: The Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 297