аканіца

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сінія аканіцы

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian оконница (okonnica). Compare Polish okiennica and Ukrainian віко́нниця (vikónnycja).

Pronunciation

Noun

акані́ца (akanícaf inan (genitive акані́цы, nominative plural акані́цы, genitive plural акані́ц)

  1. (usually in the plural) shutter (protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light)
    • 1930 [1846], Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Jazep Pušča, Бедныя людзі, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Бедные люди (in Russian), page 64; English translation from C. J. Hogarth, transl., Poor Folk, 1867:
      Ён прасіў падняць фіранку на вакне і адчыніць аканіцу. Яму мабыць хацелася зірнуць у апошні раз на дзень, на сьвет божы, на сонца.
      Jon prasiŭ padnjacʹ firanku na vaknje i adčynicʹ akanicu. Jamu mabycʹ xacjelasja zirnucʹ u apóšni raz na dzjenʹ, na sʹvjet bóžy, na sónca.
      On prosil podnjatʹ zanaves u okna i otkrytʹ stavni. Jemu, verno, xotelosʹ vzgljanutʹ v poslednij raz na denʹ, na svet Božij, na solnce.
      He was asking me to draw aside the curtain from the window, and to open the casements. Probably he wished to take his last look at the daylight and the sun and all God’s world.
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 230:
      Панурае хараство парадных пакояў, якія смутна былі відаць у няпэўным святле, што прабівалася праз зачыненыя акяніцы, магло-б умацаваць уяўленне аб зачараваным жыллі.
      Panuraje xarastvó paradnyx pakójaŭ, jakija smutna byli vidacʹ u njapeŭnym svjatlje, što prabivalasja praz začynjenyja akjanicy, mahló-b umacavacʹ ujaŭljennje ab začaravanym žylli.

Declension

References

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “окенница”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 132
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “оконница”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 147
  • аканіцы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • аканіца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org