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Belarusian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
гэ́так • (hétak)
- so, thus
- Synonym: так (tak)
1928 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Makar Kraŭcoŭ, Прынц і жабрак, Wilno: Drukarnia „Wydawnictwo Wileńskie“ B. Kleckina, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 9:Якое маеш ты права гэтак рабіць хоць-бы з апошнім з падданых майго бацькі! Адчыніць браму і ўпусьціць яго!- Jakóje maješ ty prava hetak rabicʹ xócʹ-by z apóšnim z paddanyx majhó bacʹki! Adčynicʹ bramu i ŭpusʹcicʹ jahó!
1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 506:Гэтак я і ваш твар магу назваць проста злосным, калі вы думаеце ці гаворыце аб іх.- Hetak ja i vaš tvar mahu nazvacʹ prósta zlósnym, kali vy dumajecje ci havórycje ab ix.
References
- “гэтак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “гэтак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org