паліца

Belarusian

паліца

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈlʲit͡sa]

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Noun

палі́ца • (palíca) f inan (genitive палі́цы, nominative plural палі́цы, genitive plural палі́ц)

1. shelf

   Synonym: стэла́ж (steláž)

2. (in a passenger railroad car) berth
3. mouldboard, earthboard

   Synonym: адва́л (advál)

Declension

Declension of палі́ца (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	палі́ца palíca	палі́цы palícy
genitive	палі́цы palícy	палі́ц palíc
dative	палі́цы palícy	палі́цам palícam
accusative	палі́цу palícu	палі́цы palícy
instrumental	палі́цай, палі́цаю palícaj, palícaju	палі́цамі palícami
locative	палі́цы palícy	палі́цах palícax
count form	—	палі́цы1 palícy1

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *palica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalʲit͡sa]

Noun

па́ліца • (pálica) f inan (genitive па́ліцы, nominative plural па́ліцы, genitive plural па́ліц)

1. mace (heavy fighting club)

   Synonym: булава́ (bulavá)

Declension

Declension of па́ліца (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	па́ліца pálica	па́ліцы pálicy
genitive	па́ліцы pálicy	па́ліц pálic
dative	па́ліцы pálicy	па́ліцам pálicam
accusative	па́ліцу pálicu	па́ліцы pálicy
instrumental	па́ліцай, па́ліцаю pálicaj, pálicaju	па́ліцамі pálicami
locative	па́ліцы pálicy	па́ліцах pálicax
count form	—	па́ліцы1 pálicy1

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

References

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