свякруха

Belarusian

Etymology

Related to (and probably derived from) свякро́ў (svjakróŭ). Ultimately from Old East Slavic свекрꙑ (svekry), from Proto-Slavic *svekry. Cognates include Ukrainian свекру́ха (svekrúxa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲvʲaˈkruxa]

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Noun

свякру́ха • (svjakrúxa) f pers (genitive свякру́хі, nominative plural свякру́хі, genitive plural свякру́х)

1. husband's mother, mother-in-law

   Synonym: свякро́ў (svjakróŭ)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	свякру́ха svjakrúxa	свякру́хі svjakrúxi
genitive	свякру́хі svjakrúxi	свякру́х svjakrúx
dative	свякру́се svjakrúsje	свякру́хам svjakrúxam
accusative	свякру́ху svjakrúxu	свякру́х svjakrúx
instrumental	свякру́хай, свякру́хаю svjakrúxaj, svjakrúxaju	свякру́хамі svjakrúxami
locative	свякру́се svjakrúsje	свякру́хах svjakrúxax
count form	—	свякру́хі1 svjakrúxi1

Declension of свякру́ха (pr velar fem-form accent-a)

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

Related terms

• свёкар (svjókar)

See also

• це́шча (cjéšča)
• цесць (cjescʹ)

References

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