немаўля

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of не- (nje-) +‎ моўны (mówny), possibly with dissimilation. Related to мо́віць (móvicʹ), размаўля́ць (razmawljácʹ). Literally (somewhat) "something small not speaking". Cognates include Czech nemluvně, Ukrainian немовля́ (nemovljá), Polish niemowlę with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲemau̯ˈlʲa]
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Noun

немаўля́ • (njemawljá) 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

Declension of немаўля́ (pr t-stem neut-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative немаўля́
njemawljá 		немаўля́ты
njemawljáty
genitive немаўля́ці
njemawljáci 		немаўля́т
njemawlját
dative немаўля́ці
njemawljáci 		немаўля́там
njemawljátam
accusative немаўля́
njemawljá 		немаўля́т
njemawlját
instrumental немаўлём
njemawljóm 		немаўля́тамі
njemawljátami
locative немаўля́ці
njemawljáci 		немаўля́тах
njemawljátax
count form — немаўля́ці1
njemawljáci1

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

References

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