адвага

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Polish odwaga. Cognate with Russian отва́га (otvága), Ukrainian відва́га (vidváha).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [adˈvaɣa]
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Noun

адва́га • (adváha) f inan (genitive адва́гі, uncountable)

  1. bravery, valour, courage
    Synonyms: сме́ласць (smjélascʹ), хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ), му́жнасць (múžnascʹ)
    Antonyms: тру́сасць (trúsascʹ), палахлі́васць (palaxlívascʹ), баязлі́васць (bajazlívascʹ), маладу́шнасць (maladúšnascʹ)

Declension
Declension of адва́га (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative адва́га
adváha
genitive адва́гі
adváhi
dative адва́зе
advázje
accusative адва́гу
adváhu
instrumental адва́гай, адва́гаю
adváhaj, adváhaju
locative адва́зе
advázje

Derived terms

References
  • “адвага” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отвага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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