Belarusian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Slavic *bělъ
Old East Slavic бѣлъ (bělŭ)der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *rōþruz?
Old East Norse *rōþs-bor.
Proto-Finnic *rooccibor.
Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)der.
Old East Slavic Бѣла Русь (Běla Rusĭ)bor.
Belarusian Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ)der.
Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ)bor.
English Belarus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Belarusian
From Belarus + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: Belarusan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
literary
form: Belorussian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Belarussian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Byelorussian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Bielorussian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Belarusians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Belarusan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
literary
form: Belorussian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Belarussian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Byelorussian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
form: Bielorussian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
proscribed
Senses:
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Belarus, the Belarusian people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Polish MPs have approved a new measure which authorizes agents on the Belarusian border to fire live ammunition at migrants, for "self-defense" or in a "preventive manner."
gloss: The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Ruthenia or White Russia).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A citizen of Belarus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: Belarusan
Belorussian
Belarussian
Byelorussian
Bielorussian
White Ruthenian
White Russian
Related words: Belarus
White Rus
White Ruthenia
White Russia
Wiktionary’s coverage of Belarusian terms
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: Belarus
lang: Afrikaans
word: Wit-Rus
lang: Albanian
word: bjellorus
lang: Arabic
word: بِيلَارُوسِيّ
roman: bilarūsiyy
lang: Arabic
word: بِيلَارُوسِيَّة
roman: bilarūsiyya
lang: Armenian
word: բելառուս
roman: belaṙus
lang: Armenian
word: բելոռուս
roman: beloṙus
lang: Azerbaijani
word: belarus
lang: Azerbaijani
word: belorus
lang: Basque
word: bielorrusiar
lang: Belarusian
word: белару́с
roman: bjelarús
lang: Belarusian
word: белару́ска
roman: bjelarúska
lang: Belarusian
word: белару́сы
roman: bjelarúsy
lang: Bulgarian
word: белару́с
roman: belarús
lang: Bulgarian
word: беларуски́ня
roman: belaruskínja
lang: Bulgarian
word: белору́с
roman: belorús
lang: Bulgarian
word: белоруски́ня
roman: beloruskínja
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: білору́син
roman: bilorúsyn
lang: Catalan
word: bielorús
lang: Catalan
word: bielorussa
lang: Catalan
word: belarús
lang: Catalan
word: belarussa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 白俄羅斯人 /白俄罗斯人
roman: bái'éluósīrén
lang: Czech
word: Bělorus
lang: Czech
word: Běloruska
lang: Danish
word: hviderusser
lang: Dutch
word: Wit-Rus
lang: Dutch
word: Wit-Russische
lang: Dutch
word: Belarus
lang: Dutch
word: Belarussische
lang: Estonian
word: valgevenelane
lang: Estonian
word: valgevenelanna
lang: Estonian
word: valgevenelased
lang: Finnish
word: valkovenäläinen
lang: French
word: Biélorusse
lang: Galician
word: bielorruso
lang: Georgian
word: ბელორუსი
roman: belorusi
lang: Georgian
word: ბელარუსი
roman: belarusi
lang: German
word: Weißrusse
lang: German
word: Weißrussin
lang: German
word: Belarusse
lang: German
word: Belarussin
lang: Greek
word: Λευκορώσος
roman: Lefkorósos
lang: Greek
word: Λευκορωσίδα
roman: Lefkorosída
lang: Hungarian
word: fehérorosz
lang: Hungarian
word: fehéroroszországi
lang: Hungarian
word: belorusz
lang: Hungarian
word: belarusz
lang: Icelandic
word: Hvít-Rússi
lang: Icelandic
word: Hvít-Rússar
lang: Ido
word: Bielorusiano
lang: Italian
word: bielorusso
lang: Italian
word: bielorussa
lang: Japanese
word: ベラルーシ人
roman: berarūshijin
lang: Kazakh
word: белорус
roman: belorus
lang: Korean
word: 벨라루스인
roman: bellaruseu'in
lang: Korean
word: 벨라루스 사람
roman: bellaruseu saram
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: Belarûsî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: белорус
roman: belorus
lang: Latvian
word: baltkrievs
lang: Latvian
word: baltkrieviete
lang: Lithuanian
word: baltarùsis
lang: Lithuanian
word: baltarusė
lang: Lithuanian
word: gudas
lang: Lithuanian
word: gudė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Wäissruss
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Wäissrussin
lang: Macedonian
word: Белорус
roman: Belorus
lang: Macedonian
word: Белорусинка
roman: Belorusinka
lang: Maltese
word: Belarussu
lang: Maltese
word: Belarussa
lang: Mongolian
word: беларусь хүн
roman: belarusʹ xün
lang: Mongolian
word: белорус хүн
roman: belorus xün
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hviterusser
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kviterusser
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kviterussar
lang: Persian
word: بلروسی
roman: belarusi
lang: Polish
word: Białorusin
lang: Polish
word: Białorusinka
lang: Portuguese
word: bielorrusso
lang: Portuguese
word: belarusso
lang: Romanian
word: bielorus
lang: Romanian
word: bielorusă
lang: Romanian
word: belarus
lang: Romanian
word: belarusă
lang: Russian
word: белору́с
roman: belorús
lang: Russian
word: белору́ска
roman: belorúska
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: Bealaruiseach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Бе̏лорус
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Белорускиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Бје̏лорус
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Бјелорускиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Bȅlorus
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Beloruskinja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Bjȅlorus
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Bjeloruskinja
lang: Slovak
word: Bielorus
lang: Slovak
word: Bieloruska
lang: Slovene
word: Belorus
lang: Slovene
word: Belorusinja
lang: Spanish
word: bielorruso
lang: Spanish
word: bielorrusa
lang: Swedish
word: vitryss
lang: Swedish
word: vitryska
lang: Swedish
word: belarusier
lang: Swedish
word: belarusiska
lang: Tagalog
word: taga-Belarus
lang: Tajik
word: белорус
roman: belorus
lang: Tajik
word: белорусӣ
roman: belorusi
lang: Tatar
word: белорус
roman: belorus
lang: Turkish
word: Beyaz Rus
lang: Turkish
word: Beyaz Rusyalı
lang: Turkish
word: Belaruslu
lang: Turkmen
word: belorus
lang: Turkmen
word: belarus
lang: Ukrainian
word: білору́с
roman: bilorús
lang: Ukrainian
word: білору́ска
roman: bilorúska
lang: Uyghur
word: بېلورۇس
roman: bëlorus
lang: Uzbek
word: belorus
lang: Uzbek
word: belarus
lang: Yiddish
word: בעלאָרוס
roman: belorus
lang: Yiddish
word: ווײַסרוס
roman: vaysrus