левы

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣвъ (lěvŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lě̑vъ. Cognate with Russian ле́вый (lévyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲevɨ]

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• Rhymes: -evɨ
• Hyphenation: ле‧вы

Adjective

ле́вы • (ljévy)

1. left (located on the side of the body where the heart is located)

   Antonym: пра́вы (právy)

2. (politics) left-wing
3. (nominalized, politics) left-wing person

Declension

Declension of ле́вы (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		ле́вы ljévy	ле́вае ljévaje	ле́вая ljévaja	ле́выя ljévyja
genitive		ле́вага ljévaha		ле́вай ljévaj	ле́вых ljévyx
dative		ле́ваму ljévamu		ле́вай ljévaj	ле́вым ljévym
accusative	animate	ле́вага ljévaha	ле́вае ljévaje	ле́вую ljévuju	ле́вых ljévyx
	inanimate	ле́вы ljévy			ле́выя ljévyja
instrumental		ле́вым ljévym		ле́вай, ле́ваю ljévaj, ljévaju	ле́вымі ljévymi
locative		ле́вым ljévym		ле́вай ljévaj	ле́вых ljévyx

References

• “левы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “левы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲevɨ]

Noun

ле́вы • (lévy) m inan pl

1. inflection of лев (lev):
   1. nominative plural
   2. inanimate accusative plural