звер

See also: ѕвер

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognate with Russian зверь (zverʹ), Ukrainian звір (zvir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zʲvʲer]
  • (file)

Noun

звер • (zvjer) m animal (genitive зве́ра, nominative plural звяры́, genitive plural звяро́ў)

  1. beast, wild animal
    Звер то́лькі вы́е за сяло́м[1]Zvjer tólʹki výje za sjalómonly an animal howls near the village
  2. brute
    На то́е ж Але́нку Ўзяў [Тама́ш] жо́нкай цяпе́р, Каб над ёй глумі́ўся Распа́свены звер [пан]?![2]Na tóje ž Aljénku Ŭzjaŭ [Tamáš] žónkaj cjapjér, Kab nad joj hlumíŭsja Raspásvjeny zvjer [pan]?!Is it why [Thomas] married Alenka now So that a sordid brute To scoff her.
    Шчапіліся ў жорсткай сутычцы два Звера: Заходні Звер і Расея.[3]Ščapilisja ŭ žórstkaj sutyčcy dva Zvjera: Zaxódni Zvjer i Rasjeja.Two brutes: Western brute and Russia clashed in a hard fight.

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References

  1. Yanka Kupala. Haidamaky
  2. Yanka Kupala. To nobody
  3. Варужка Яешня-Тутошня. Перавядзи мяне праз Майдан... 2014

Further reading

  • звер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Слоўнік мовы Янкі Купалы. У 8 т., 1999, page 221

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Noun

зве̑р f (Latin spelling zvȇr)

  1. beast, wild animal

Declension

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