немаўля

Belarusian

Alternative forms

  • немаўлё (njemaŭljó)

Etymology

Related to мо́віць (móvicʹ), размаўля́ць (razmaŭljácʹ), negated by prefix не- (nje-). Literally (somewhat) "something small not speaking". Cognates include Ukrainian немовля́ (nemovljá), Polish niemowlę with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲemau̯ˈlʲa]
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Noun

немаўля́ • (njemaŭljá) n pers (genitive немаўля́ці, nominative plural немаўля́ты, genitive plural немаўля́т, relational adjective немаўля́чы, diminutive немаўля́тка)

  1. infant, baby
    Synonyms: маладзе́нец (maladzjénjec), дзіцяня́ (dzicjanjá), дзіцянё (dzicjanjó)

Declension

References

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