ідыёт

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish idiota, with loss of -а due to influence from Russian идио́т (idiót).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jidɨˈjot]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Hyphenation: іды‧ёт

Noun

ідыёт • (idyjót) m pers (genitive ідыёта, nominative plural ідыёты, genitive plural ідыётаў, feminine ідыётка, relational adjective ідыёцкі)

1. (pathology) idiot (a mentally retarded, underdeveloped, moronic person)
2. (colloquial, derogatory, swear word) idiot (stupid person)

Declension

Declension of ідыёт (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ідыёт idyjót	ідыёты idyjóty
genitive	ідыёта idyjóta	ідыётаў idyjótaŭ
dative	ідыёту idyjótu	ідыётам idyjótam
accusative	ідыёта idyjóta	ідыётаў idyjótaŭ
instrumental	ідыётам idyjótam	ідыётамі idyjótami
locative	ідыёце idyjócje	ідыётах idyjótax
count form	—	ідыёты1 idyjóty1

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

Further reading

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