маладзец

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

малады́ (maladý) + -ец (-jec). Compare Russian молоде́ц (molodéc), Ukrainian молоде́ць (molodécʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɫaˈd͡zʲet͡s]

Noun

маладзе́ц • (maladzjéc) m pers (genitive малайца́, nominative plural малайцы́, genitive plural малайцо́ў)

  1. young man
  2. brave person

Usage notes

  • Note the irregular declension compared with other nouns ending in -дзец (e.g. малайца instead of маладца); compare ірла́ндзец (irlándzjec), селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), both with singular genitive forms ending in -дца.

Declension

Interjection

маладзе́ц! • (maladzjéc!)

  1. well done! attaboy! attagirl!
  • маладзёж (maladzjóž)
  • малайчы́на (malajčýna)

References

  • маладзец” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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