хвост

See also: Хвост

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognate with Russian хвост (xvost).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xvost]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

хвост • (xvost) m inan (genitive хваста́, nominative plural хвасты́, genitive plural хвасто́ў)

1. tail

Inflection

Declension of хвост (inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	хвост xvost	хвасты́ xvastý
genitive	хваста́ xvastá	хвасто́ў xvastóŭ
dative	хвасту́ xvastú	хваста́м xvastám
accusative	хвост xvost	хвасты́ xvastý
instrumental	хвасто́м xvastóm	хваста́мі xvastámi
locative	хвасце́ xvascjé	хваста́х xvastáx
count form	—	хвасты́1 xvastý1

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

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

• хвостъ (xvost) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xvost]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

хвост • (xvost) m inan (genitive хвоста́, nominative plural хвосты́, genitive plural хвосто́в, relational adjective хвостово́й, diminutive хво́стик)

1. tail
2. queue
3. (university slang) academic arrears, backlog

   Synonym: академи́ческая задо́лженность (akademíčeskaja zadólžennostʹ)

Declension

Declension of хвост (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	хво́ст xvóst	хвосты́ xvostý
genitive	хвоста́ xvostá	хвосто́в xvostóv
dative	хвосту́ xvostú	хвоста́м xvostám
accusative	хво́ст xvóst	хвосты́ xvostý
instrumental	хвосто́м xvostóm	хвоста́ми xvostámi
prepositional	хвосте́ xvosté	хвоста́х xvostáx

Derived terms

• хвосто́вка (xvostóvka)

Related terms

• при́хвостень (príxvostenʹ)
• хвоста́тый (xvostátyj)
• хвостец (xvostec)

Descendants

• → Esperanto: vosto

References

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хвост”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хвост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress