саюз

Belarusian

Alternative forms

sajuz — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сою́з (sojúz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [saˈjus]
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Noun

саю́з • (sajúz) m inan (genitive саю́за or саю́зу, nominative plural саю́зы, genitive plural саю́заў)

union, alliance
Synonyms: звяз (zvjaz), (Taraškievica) зьвяз (zʹvjaz)

Саве́цкі Саю́з ― Savjécki Sajúz ― the Soviet Union

Еўрапе́йскі Саю́з ― Jeŭrapjéjski Sajúz ― the European Union

Эўрапе́йскі/Еўрапе́йскі Саю́з ― Eŭrapjéjski/Jeŭrapjéjski Sajúz ― the European Union (Taraškievica)

Declension

In the name of countries the genitive is usually only "саю́за", in other senses "саю́зу"

Declension of саю́з (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	саю́з sajúz	саю́зы sajúzy
genitive	саю́за, саю́зу sajúza, sajúzu	саю́заў sajúzaŭ
dative	саю́зу sajúzu	саю́зам sajúzam
accusative	саю́з sajúz	саю́зы sajúzy
instrumental	саю́зам sajúzam	саю́замі sajúzami
locative	саю́зе sajúzje	саю́зах sajúzax
count form	—	саю́зы¹ sajúzy¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

“саюз” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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