певень

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian певень (pevenʹ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *pěvati +‎ Proto-Slavic *-nь.[2] Cognate with Ukrainian пі́вень (pívenʹ), Russian пе́вень (pévenʹ) (regional).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲevʲenʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -evʲenʲ
  • Hyphenation: пе‧вень

Noun

пе́вень • (pjévjenʹm animal (genitive пе́ўня, nominative plural пе́ўні, genitive plural пе́ўняў, relational adjective пе́ўневы, diminutive пе́ўнік)

  1. rooster, cock
    Synonym: пяту́х (pjatúx)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “певень”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 60
  2. ^ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2004), “певень”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 9 (пе-пе-пе – прасна́к), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN

Further reading

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