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Belarusian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin oppōnēns. Compare Polish oponent, Russian оппоне́нт (opponént) and Ukrainian опоне́нт (oponént).
Pronunciation
Noun
апане́нт • (apanjént) m pers (genitive апане́нта, nominative plural апане́нты, genitive plural апане́нтаў)
- contradicter, opponent (one who opposes another in words in a dispute, argument or controversy)
- Synonym: праці́ўнік (pracíŭnik)
1924, Francišak Alachnovič, Беларускі тэатр, Vilnius: Беларускае грамадзянскае сабраньне, page 37:Гэта сцэнка ёсьць характэрнай для XVII ст. і дае нам абразок тагачасных на рэлігійную тэму спрэчак, цікаўна яна таксама фігурай опонэнта — праваслаўнага селяніна.- Heta scenka josʹcʹ xarakternaj dlja XVII st. i daje nam abrazók tahačasnyx na relihijnuju temu sprečak, cikaŭna jana taksama fihuraj oponenta — pravaslaŭnaha sjeljanina.
- This skit is characteristic of the 17th century and gives us a glimpse of the religious debates of the time. It's also interesting because of the opponent's figure—an Orthodox peasant.
1928, Ілья Гурскі, Дрыгва, Minsk: ДВБ, page 87:Барыс, прытрымай, браце, яго, бо‘ я зараз супроць выкажуся, значыцца, як гэта кажуць: апонэнтам буду…- Barys, prytrymaj, bracje, jahó, bo‘ ja zaraz suprócʹ vykažusja, značycca, jak heta kažucʹ: apónentam budu…
- Barys, bro, hold him back, because I'm about to voice my disagreement. That means, as they say, I'll be an opponent…
1940 [1865], Jules Verne, anonymous translator, З пушкі на Луну, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of De la Terre à la Lune, page 169; English translation from Lewis Page Mercier, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, 1873:Акрамя таго, мілы мой апанент, дазвольце вам паведаміць яшчэ адно меркаванне.- Akramja tahó, mily moj apanjent, dazvólʹcje vam pavjedamicʹ jašče adnó mjerkavannje.
- Moreover, my amiable contradictor, permit me to submit to you one further observation.
Declension
Declension of апане́нт (pr hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “апанент”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “апанент” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org