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Belarusian
Etymology
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Cognate with Ukrainian оста́ча (ostáča).
Pronunciation
Noun
аста́ча • (astáča) f inan (genitive аста́чы, uncountable)
- remnant, remainder (the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group)
- Synonym: рэ́шта (réšta)
1932 [1923], Jaroslav Hašek, Karel Vaněk, translated by Лукаш Калюга, Частка чацьвертая (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 4), Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 31:Калі паны афіцэры наядуцца, дык нам астачу.- Kali pany aficery najaducca, dyk nam astaču.
- After the officers have eaten their fill, the leftovers will be ours.
- (arithmetic) residue, remainder (amount left after repeatedly subtracting divisor)
1920, Цыгельман Наум Львович, translated by Jurka Listapad, Аснаўныя пачаткі арытмэтыкі, Minsk: Друкарня Я. А. Грынблята, page 16:Каб пераверыць дзяленьне, трэба дзельнік памножыць на дзель і да множыва дабавіць астачу, калі яна ёсьць; калі ўсе дзееньні зроблены праўдзіва, дык дастаецца абавязкова дзельны.- Kab pjeravjerycʹ dzjaljenʹnje, treba dzjelʹnik pamnóžycʹ na dzjelʹ i da mnóžyva dabavicʹ astaču, kali jana josʹcʹ; kali ŭsje dzjejenʹni zróbljeny praŭdziva, dyk dastajecca abavjazkóva dzjelʹny.
- To verify division, the divisor must be multiplied by the quotient, and the remainder, if any, must be added to the product; if all operations are performed correctly, the result will be always the dividend.
Declension
Declension of аста́ча (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- “астача”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “астача” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org