дзябёлы

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *debelъ. Compare Ukrainian дебе́лий (debélyj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

дзябёлы (dzjabjóly) (abstract noun дзябёласць)

  1. (colloquial) thick, plump
    • 1938 , Charles Dickens, Домбі і сын, Менск: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 87:
      Сам містэр Бролі быў румяным, кучаравым, дзябёлым чалавекам з вільготнымі вачыма і згодлівым характарам.
      Sam mister Bróli byŭ rumjanym, kučaravym, dzjabjólym čalavjekam z vilʹhótnymi vačyma i zhódlivym xaraktaram.

Declension

References

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