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Belarusian
Etymology
Apparently borrowed from Yiddish (“suitor, boyfriend, lady's man”). Further etymology uncertain.
Pronunciation
Noun
ахо́сал • (axósal) m pers (genitive ахо́сала, nominative plural ахо́салы, genitive plural ахо́салаў)
- (colloquial, dialectal, obsolete, somewhat derogatory) lover, boyfriend
- Synonyms: сю́бар (sjúbar), ха́халь (xáxalʹ), заляцанец (zaljacanjec)
- І ў яе́ ўжо свой ахо́сал завёўся. ― I ŭ jajé ŭžo svoj axósal zavjóŭsja. ― And she already got her own lover.
Usage notes
- In the past, it was used disparagingly especially by parents to describe lovers or boyfriends of their children who for example would crash weddings and other events in an crass manner.
Declension
Declension of ахо́сал (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
- “ахосал” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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