грэбля

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Compare with Ukrainian гре́бля (hréblja).

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Noun

грэ́бля (hrébljaf inan (genitive грэ́блі, nominative plural грэ́блі, genitive plural грэ́бляў)

  1. dam
    Synonyms: да́мба (dámba), плаці́на (placína)
    • 1924, Мікалай Азбукін, Географія Эўропы, Масква—Ленінград: Дзяржаўнае выдавецтва, page 182:
      Шматвяко́вая барацьба́ з на́ступам мо́ра і з магу́тнымі сусе́дзямі зрабі́ла голя́ндцаў цьвёрдымі, упа́ртымі і працаздо́льнымі людзьмі́, навучы́ла іх разуме́ць кары́сьць супо́льнай пра́цы, без якой немагчы́ма было́-б збудава́ць вялі́зныя грэ́блі і заслані́ць краі́ну ад пато́пу.
      Šmatvjakóvaja baracʹbá z nástupam móra i z mahútnymi susjédzjami zrabíla holjándcaŭ cʹvjórdymi, upártymi i pracazdólʹnymi ljudzʹmí, navučýla ix razumjécʹ karýsʹcʹ supólʹnaj prácy, bjez jakój njemahčýma byló-b zbudavácʹ vjalíznyja hrébli i zaslanícʹ kraínu ad patópu.
      Centuries-long struggle against the sea and against powerful neighbours turned the Dutch into strong, persistent and hard-working people, taught them to understand the benefits of cooperative work, without which it would be impossible to build huge dams and protect the country from floods.
  2. embankment
    • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, translated by an anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Мінск: Дзяржаўнае Выдавецтва пры СНК БССР, translation of Great Expectations, page 101:
      Калі́ мы падышлі́ да мо́гілак, нам прышло́ся перайсці́ грэ́блю і перале́зці плот каля́ шлю́за.
      Kalí my padyšlí da móhilak, nam pryšlósja pjerajscí hréblju i pjeraljézci plot kaljá šljúza.
  3. causeway
    Synonym: га́ць (hácʹ)

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References

  • грэбля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "грэбля" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum