гатоўка

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гатоўка

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Etymology

Borrowed from Polish gotówka.[1] By surface analysis, гато́вы (hatóvy) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Ukrainian готі́вка (hotívka).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ou̯ka
  • Hyphenation: га‧тоў‧ка

Noun

гато́ўка (hatóŭkaf inan (genitive гато́ўкі, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) cash, cash in hand
    Synonym: ная́ўныя гро́шы (najáŭnyja hróšy)
    заплаці́ў пяць ты́сяч гато́ўкаюzaplacíŭ pjacʹ týsjač hatóŭkajupaid five thousand in cash
    • 1931 [1921], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, У тыле (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 1), Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 151; English translation from Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War, 1974:
      У банку было больш, як на поўмільярда пазыковых дакумантаў ды гатоўкаю паўтары тысячы крон.
      U banku byló bolʹš, jak na póŭmilʹjarda pazykóvyx dakumantaŭ dy hatóŭkaju paŭtary tysjačy kron.
      In the bank there were I.O.U.s for over half a milliard and fifteen hundred crowns in cash.
    • 1968, Uładzimir Karatkievič, Сякера пры дрэве (Каласы пад сярпом тваім; 2), Minsk: Беларусь, page 34:
      — Мы хочам арандаваць у пана Юрыя тую вялікую пустку, каля нас. Грошы гатоўкаю, хай не турбуецца, грэх крыўдзіць бедную сірату.
      — My xóčam arandavacʹ u pana Juryja tuju vjalikuju pustku, kalja nas. Hróšy hatóŭkaju, xaj nje turbujecca, hrex kryŭdzicʹ bjednuju siratu.
      "We want to rent that large barren plot of land near us from Mr. Juryj. The payment will be in cash. He doesn't need to worry, we aren't the type to scam a poor orphan."

Declension

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “гатоўка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

Further reading

  • гатоўка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • гатоўка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org