трэба

See also: треба

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɛba]
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish trzeba. Compare Czech třeba, Ukrainian треба (treba). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *terba.

Predicative

трэ́ба • (tréba)

  1. used to express necessity: (one) must, (one) has to, (it is) necessary, (one) needs (to) (impersonal, + dative)
    ня трэ́ба было́ так рабі́ць ― nja tréba byló tak rabícʹ ― it wasn't necessary to do that
    што вам трэ́ба? ― što vam tréba? ― what do you need?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba). Compare Russian тре́ба (tréba).

Noun

трэ́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive трэ́бы, nominative plural трэ́бы, genitive plural трэб)

  1. (church) rite, ceremony
Declension
Declension of трэ́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative трэ́ба
tréba		 трэ́бы
tréby
genitive трэ́бы
tréby		 трэб
treb
dative трэ́бе
trébje		 трэ́бам
trébam
accusative трэ́бу
trébu		 трэ́бы
tréby
instrumental трэ́бай, трэ́баю
trébaj, trébaju		 трэ́бамі
trébami
locative трэ́бе
trébje		 трэ́бах
trébax
count form — трэ́бы1
tréby1

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

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