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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian гнити (hniti), from Proto-Slavic *gňiti. Compare Polish gnić, Russian гнить (gnitʹ) and Ukrainian гни́ти (hnýty).
Pronunciation
Verb
гніць • (hnicʹ) impf (perfective згніць)
- (intransitive) to rot, to putrefy, to go bad, to decay, to decompose (to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria)
1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, pages 77-78:Časam doždž lije ŭzapar niekolki hadzin, a to niekolki dzion, i hetki doždž može paškodzić zbožžu i harodninie. Jany pačnuć hnić.- Sometimes the rain pours for several hours, or even several days, and such rain can damage crops and vegetables. They will start to rot.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to rot, to decay, to deteriorate (to decline in function or utility)
- Synonyms: занепада́ць (zanjepadácʹ), разлага́цца (razlahácca)
1982 January, Полымя, Minsk:Можаце мяне за гэта на смерць засудзіць, але факт астаецца фактам, што капіталізм гніе, раскладаецца і на змену яму прыйдзе новая, сацыялістычная сістэма.- Móžacje mjanje za heta na smjercʹ zasudzicʹ, alje fakt astajecca faktam, što kapitalizm hnije, raskladajecca i na zmjenu jamu pryjdzje nóvaja, sacyjalistyčnaja sistema.
- You can sentence me to death for this, but the fact remains that capitalism is rotting, decaying, and it will be replaced by a new, socialist system.
- (intransitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rot (to spend a long period of time in an unpleasant place or state)
1932, Kuźma Čorny, Бацькаўшчына, Minsk: ДВБ, page 67:А за што я ваяваць буду? За што я галаву сваю складаць буду, за што я гніць у акопах буду?- A za što ja vajavacʹ budu? Za što ja halavu svaju skladacʹ budu, za što ja hnicʹ u akópax budu?
- And what will I fight for? For what will I lay down my life? For what will I rot in the trenches?
Conjugation
Conjugation of гніць (class 12b, imperfective, intransitive)
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