воўк

Belarusian
воўк

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Belarusian волкъ (volk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Russian волк (volk), Ukrainian вовк (vovk).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vou̯k]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

воўк • (voŭk) m animal (genitive во́ўка or ваўка́, nominative plural ваўкі́, genitive plural ваўко́ў, feminine ваўчы́ца or ваўчы́ха, relational adjective во́ўчы, diminutive ваўчо́к)

  1. wolf

Declension
Declension of воўк (anml velar masc-form accent-c/b)
singular plural
nominative воўк
voŭk		 ваўкі́
vaŭkí
genitive во́ўка, ваўка́
vóŭka, vaŭká		 ваўко́ў
vaŭkóŭ
dative во́ўку, ваўку́
vóŭku, vaŭkú		 ваўка́м
vaŭkám
accusative во́ўка, ваўка́
vóŭka, vaŭká		 ваўко́ў
vaŭkóŭ
instrumental во́ўкам, ваўко́м
vóŭkam, vaŭkóm		 ваўка́мі
vaŭkámi
locative во́ўку, ваўку́
vóŭku, vaŭkú		 ваўка́х
vaŭkáx
count form — во́ўкі1, ваўкі́1
vóŭki1, vaŭkí1

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

References
  • “воўк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • “воўк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
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