Минск

• IPA^(key): [minsk]

Минск • (Minsk) m

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

From Russian Минск (Minsk).

Минск • (Minsk)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “Минск”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [minsk]

Минск • (Minsk) m (relational adjective мински)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

• минсчанец m (minsčanec), минсчанка f (minsčanka)
• мински (minski)

• “Минск”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 300

From Old Ruthenian Мѣнскъ (Měnsk), from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ (Měnĭskŭ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈminsk]
• Rhymes: -insk
• Hyphenation: Минск

Минск (Minsk) m inan

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)
2. (metonymic) the Belarusian government

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “Минск”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 840

• Менск (Mensk) — archaic
• Минскъ (Minsk), Менскъ (Mensk) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [mʲinsk]

Минск • (Minsk) m inan (genitive Ми́нска, relational adjective ми́нский)

1. Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)

   в Ми́нске ― v Mínske ― in Minsk

   в Минск ― v Minsk ― to Minsk

   из Ми́нска ― iz Mínska ― from Minsk

• The use of the older/archaic form Менск (Mensk) or Belarusian Менск (Mjensk) as opposed to standard/common and approved by the government forms Russian Минск (Minsk) or Belarusian Мінск (Minsk) can be politically charged, especially in Belarus.

• минча́нин m (minčánin), минча́нка f (minčánka)
• (rare, from Belarusian) минчу́к m (minčúk), минчу́чка f (minčúčka) (the female form is less preferred)

• Белару́сь (Belarúsʹ), Белору́ссия (Belorússija)