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Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзва (jazva), from Proto-Slavic *jàzva.

  • IPA(key): [ˈjazva]
  • Rhymes: -azva
  • Hyphenation: яз‧ва

я́зва • (jázva) f inan (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural я́зваў, relational adjective я́звавы, diminutive я́звачка)

  1. (medicine) sore, ulcer (purulent or inflamed wound on the skin or mucous membrane)
  2. (epidemiology, obsolete) epidemic, plague
  3. (figuratively) sore (affliction, difficulty, trouble)

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

singular plural
nominative я́зва
jázva 		я́звы
jázvy
genitive я́звы
jázvy 		я́зваў
jázvaŭ
dative я́зве
jázvje 		я́звам
jázvam
accusative я́зву
jázvu 		я́звы
jázvy
instrumental я́звай, я́зваю
jázvaj, jázvaju 		я́звамі
jázvami
locative я́зве
jázvje 		я́звах
jázvax
count form — я́звы1
jázvy1

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

я́зва • (jázva) f pers (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural я́зваў)

  1. (colloquial, figuratively) viper (malicious person)

Declension of я́зва (pr hard fem-form accent-a)

singular plural
nominative я́зва
jázva 		я́звы
jázvy
genitive я́звы
jázvy 		я́зваў
jázvaŭ
dative я́зве
jázvje 		я́звам
jázvam
accusative я́зву
jázvu 		я́зваў
jázvaŭ
instrumental я́звай, я́зваю
jázvaj, jázvaju 		я́звамі
jázvami
locative я́зве
jázvje 		я́звах
jázvax
count form — я́звы1
jázvy1

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

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

From Proto-Slavic *jazva.

я́зва • (jázva) f (relational adjective я́звен)

  1. (colloquial) sore, any inner injury
  2. (medicine) ulcer
  3. (figurative) evil, wrong
    Synonyms: злина (zlina), нещастие (neštastie)
Declension of я́зва
singular plural
indefinite я́зва
jázva 		я́зви
jázvi
definite я́звата
jázvata 		я́звите
jázvite
  • “язва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

From Old East Slavic ꙗзва (jazva), from Proto-Slavic *jazva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áiˀźwāˀ. Cognate to Old Prussian eyswo (“wound”), Lithuanian áiža, Latvian aĩza.

я́зва • (jázva) f inan (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural язв)

  1. ulcer, sore
    я́зва желу́дка ― jázva želúdka ― stomach/gastric ulcer
    я́зва двенадцатиперстной кишки́ ― jázva dvenadcatiperstnoj kiškí ― duodenal ulcer
  2. sore, evil
    моровая я́зва ― morovaja jázva ― plague
    сиби́рская я́зва ― sibírskaja jázva ― anthrax
  3. (colloquial) pest, viper (malicious person)