дзот

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• dzot — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ДЗОТ (DZOT), an initialism of де́рево-земляна́я огнева́я то́чка (dérevo-zemljanája ognevája tóčka, literally “wood-earth firing point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zot]
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

дзот • (dzot) m inan (genitive дзо́та, nominative plural дзо́ты, genitive plural дзо́таў)

1. (military) pillbox; bunker; wood and earthen weapon emplacement
   • 1952, Ivan Melezh, Мінскі напрамак [The Minsk Line of Advance]:

     Ім трэ́ба было́ непрыкме́тна падабра́цца і, калі́ Ермако́ў пачне́ штурм паўста́нка, закі́даць дзот грана́тамі, прыму́сіць яго́ сці́хнуць.

     Im tréba byló njeprykmjétna padabrácca i, kalí Jermakóŭ pačnjé šturm paŭstánka, zakídacʹ dzot hranátami, prymúsicʹ jahó scíxnucʹ.

     They had to get closer to the pillbox without getting noticed and, when Jermakoŭ were due to start an assault on the halt, shower the pillbox with grenades to suppress it.

Declension

Declension of дзот (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	дзот dzot	дзо́ты dzóty
genitive	дзо́та dzóta	дзо́таў dzótaŭ
dative	дзо́ту dzótu	дзо́там dzótam
accusative	дзот dzot	дзо́ты dzóty
instrumental	дзо́там dzótam	дзо́тамі dzótami
locative	дзо́це dzócje	дзо́тах dzótax
count form	—	дзо́ты1 dzóty1

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

References

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