алёс

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Belarusian

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Etymology

Related to Lithuanian al̃ksnis. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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  • Rhymes: -os
  • Hyphenation: алёс

Noun

алёс (aljósm inan (genitive алёса or альса́, nominative plural алёсы or альсы́, genitive plural алёсаў or альсо́ў)

  1. (regional) turf, swamp
    • 1930, Пятро Глебка, Арка над акіянам, IV. Праца пачалася вокамгненна:
      Загудзелі нетры і алёсы, / зашумелі пушчы і лясы…
      Zahudzjeli njetry i aljósy, / zašumjeli puščy i ljasy…
      Dense groves and swamps started humming, / old and new forests started making noise.
    • 2006, Уладзімір Ліпскі, Мы: аповесць пра нашы прозвішчы, Minsk: Беларусь, I. Пошук радаводных крыніц:
      Відаць, падарожжа іх было далёкім і марудным, бо ў дарозе давялося майстраваць калёсы, пераадольваць малыя і вялікія рэкі, балоты і альсы.
      Vidacʹ, padaróžža ix byló daljókim i marudnym, bo ŭ darózje davjalósja majstravacʹ kaljósy, pjeraadólʹvacʹ malyja i vjalikija reki, balóty i alʹsy.
      Their journey must have been long and slow, because they needed to construct wheels, get through small and big rivers, bogs and swamps.

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References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “алёс”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 106

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