Минск
See also: Мінск
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [minsk]
Proper noun
Минск • (Minsk) m
- Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [minsk]
Proper noun
Минск • (Minsk) m (related adjective мински)
- Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)
Derived terms
- минсчанец m (minsčanec), минсчанка f (minsčanka)
- мински (minski)
References
- “Минск”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 300
Russian
Alternative forms
- Менск (Mensk) – archaic
- Минскъ (Minsk), Менскъ (Mensk) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲinsk]
Proper noun
Минск • (Minsk) m inan (genitive Ми́нска, related adjective ми́нский)
- Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)
- в Ми́нске ― v Mínske ― in Minsk
- в Минск ― v Minsk ― to Minsk
- из Ми́нска ― iz Mínska ― from Minsk
Usage notes
- The use of the older/archaic form Менск (Mensk) or Belarusian Менск (Mjensk) as apposed to standard/common and approved by the government forms Russian Минск (Minsk) or Belarusian Мінск (Minsk) can be politically charged, especially in Belarus.
Declension
Declension of Минск (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ми́нск Mínsk |
| genitive | Ми́нска Mínska |
| dative | Ми́нску Mínsku |
| accusative | Ми́нск Mínsk |
| instrumental | Ми́нском Mínskom |
| prepositional | Ми́нске Mínske |
Related terms
- минча́нин m (minčánin), минча́нка f (minčánka)
- (rare, from Belarusian) минчу́к m (minčúk), минчу́чка f (minčúčka) (the female form is less preferred)
See also
- Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ), Белору́ссия (Belorússija)