бряжчати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to брязь (brjazʹ)[1] and possibly to Proto-Slavic *bręčati (whence бреньча́ти (brenʹčáty)). Compare Russian бряца́ть (brjacátʹ) and бря́кать (brjákatʹ), Belarusian бра́згаць (brázhacʹ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Verb

бряжча́ти (brjažčátyimpf (intransitive)

  1. to rattle, to clank, to clink, to jangle (to make a metallic sound upon impact)
    Synonym: бря́зкати impf (brjázkaty)
    • 1896 July 17, Lesya Ukrainka, “Товаришці на спомин”, in Думи і мрії, archived from the original on 2023-06-02, Невільничі пісні:
      Одвага наша – меч, политий кров’ю,
      Бряжчить у піхвах, ржа його взяла.
      Odvaha naša – meč, polytyj krovʺju,
      Brjažčytʹ u pixvax, rža joho vzjala.
      Our courage is a sword drenched in blood,
      Rattling in its scabbard, rust has taken it.
    • 1902, Ivan Franko, “«Як голова болить…»”, in Semper tiro (anthology), archived from the original on 2023-09-24, Із книги Кааф:
      Та ось бряжчать ключі, скриплять завіси,
      Стукочуть кроки – се сторожа входить.
      Ta osʹ brjažčatʹ ključi, skrypljatʹ zavisy,
      Stukočutʹ kroky – se storoža vxodytʹ.
      But now the keys clink, the curtains creak,
      Footsteps clatter – in comes the guard.
    • 1908, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Intermezzo:
      А там бряжчать залізні цепи і люто ґвалтують собаки.
      A tam brjažčatʹ zalizni cepy i ljuto gvaltujutʹ sobaky.
      And iron chains rattle there while dogs fiercely bark.
    • 2012, Jesse Kellerman, translated by Svitlana Orlova, Чтиво, Fabula, translation of Potboiler/I'll Catch You (in English), →ISBN:
      Над ліжком знову почали бряжчати труби, досить гучно, щоб портрет Жулька в рамі знову загойдався.
      Nad ližkom znovu počaly brjažčaty truby, dosytʹ hučno, ščob portret Žulʹka v rami znovu zahojdavsja.
      Above the bed the pipes started to clank again, loud enough that the portrait of Zhulk again began rocking in its frame.
  2. (of a stringed instrument) to twang (to produce a sharp vibrating sound)
    Synonym: брині́ти impf (bryníty)
    • 1953, Ivan Le, Роман міжгір'я:
      Серед гомону й викриків бряжчали струни то в одних, то в інших руках
      Sered homonu j vykrykiv brjažčaly struny to v odnyx, to v inšyx rukax
      Amid the hubbub and shouts, strings twanged in some hands and then in others
  3. (music, ironic) to plink, to plunk, to twang
    Synonyms: бре́нькати impf (brénʹkaty), бря́зкати impf (brjázkaty)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “брязь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 272

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