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Belarusian
Etymology
Compare with Ukrainian гре́бля (hréblja).
Pronunciation
Noun
грэ́бля • (hréblja) f inan (genitive грэ́блі, nominative plural грэ́блі, genitive plural грэ́бляў)
- 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.
- 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.
- causeway
- Synonym: га́ць (hácʹ)
Declension
Declension of грэ́бля (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “грэбля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "грэбля" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum