шчасце

• шча́сьце (ščásʹcje) — Taraškievica orthography
• ščaście — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Old East Slavic съчѧстиѥ (sŭčęstije), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje. Compare with Polish szczęście, Russian сча́стье (sčástʹje) and Ukrainian ща́стя (ščástja).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂt͡ʂasʲt͡sʲe]

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шча́сце • (ščáscje) n inan (genitive шча́сця, uncountable)

1. happiness (the emotion of being happy; joy)
   • 1835, Krótkie zebranie nauki chrzesciańskiey dla wieśniakow mówiących językiem polsko-ruskim wyznania rzymsko-katolickiego, Wilno, page 9:

     P. A czy dobra być u niebie?
     O. Ach jak dobra bo tam to szczaścia i radość wiecznaja, tam z Boham i z Aniołami żyć.

     Q. And is it good to be in heaven?
     A. It's breathtakingly good because that happiness and eternal joy is there, to live with God and Angels there.

• няшча́сце (njaščáscje)
• шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy)

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