жлукта

• žłukta — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

• IPA^(key):

Borrowed from Lithuanian žlùgtas (“soaked, washed or freshly washed laundry; (dated) well or tub for soaking, washing clothes”). Cognate to Ukrainian жлу́кто (žlúkto), which see жлу́ктити (žlúktyty).

жлу́кта • (žlúkta) n inan (genitive жлу́кта, nominative plural жлу́кты, genitive plural жлу́ктаў, relational adjective жлуктава́льны)

1. (regional) vessel for steaming linen, hollowed out in the shape of a tub from a log of wood

• жлу́кціць (žlúkcicʹ, “to process cotton, cotton and linen products with a solution of alkalis for cleaning and preparation for bleaching and dyeing; to process rags for the purpose of cleaning them from mud and grease”)
• жлу́кціцца (žlúkcicca)
• жлу́кчанне (žlúkčannje)
• жлуктава́льны (žluktaválʹny)

Uncertain. Linked to Ukrainian жлукта́ти (žluktáty).

жлу́кта • (žlúkta) f pers (genitive жлу́кту, nominative plural жлу́кты, genitive plural жлукт)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, proscribed) drunkard, drunk, alcoholic (person who drinks a lot)

• жлу́кціць (žlúkcicʹ, “to drink a lot and greedily”)

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