мяч

See also: мач and м'яч

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męčь, related to мя́ккі (mjákki). Cognate with Russian мяч (mjač), Czech míč, Slovene mȇč.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲat͡ʂ]

• Audio:

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Noun

мяч • (mjač) m inan (genitive мяча́, nominative plural мячы́, genitive plural мячо́ў)

1. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	мяч mjač	мячы́ mjačý
genitive	мяча́ mjačá	мячо́ў mjačóŭ
dative	мячу́ mjačú	мяча́м mjačám
accusative	мяч mjač	мячы́ mjačý
instrumental	мячо́м mjačóm	мяча́мі mjačámi
locative	мячы́ mjačý	мяча́х mjačáx
count form	—	мячы́1 mjačý1

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

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

• мячъ (mjač) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męčь, related to мя́гкий (mjáxkij). Cognate with Ukrainian м'яч (mʺjač), Belarusian мяч (mjač), Czech míč, Slovene mȇč.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲæt͡ɕ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

мяч • (mjač) m inan (genitive мяча́, nominative plural мячи́, genitive plural мяче́й, diminutive мя́чик)

1. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

Declension

Declension of мяч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мя́ч mjáč	мячи́ mjačí
genitive	мяча́ mjačá	мяче́й mjačéj
dative	мячу́ mjačú	мяча́м mjačám
accusative	мя́ч mjáč	мячи́ mjačí
instrumental	мячо́м mjačóm	мяча́ми mjačámi
prepositional	мяче́ mjačé	мяча́х mjačáx

Related terms

• мя́гкий (mjáxkij)
• мя́киш m (mjákiš)
• мять impf (mjatʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мяч”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 553