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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian золотый (zolotyj). By surface analysis, зо́лата (zólata) + -ы́ (-ý). Cognate of Russian золото́й (zolotój), Ukrainian золоти́й (zolotýj). Doublet of зло́ты (zlóty).
Pronunciation
Adjective
залаты́ • (zalatý)
- (relational) gold, golden
- залаты́ меда́ль ― zalatý mjedálʹ ― gold medal
- (color) gold, golden, aureous
- Synonym: залаці́сты (zalacísty)
- (figurative) golden, wonderful, great, excellent
- Synonym: цудо́ўны (cudóŭny)
- залаты́я часы ― zalatýja časy ― golden time
- (figurative) dear, darling
- Synonyms: дарагі́ (darahí), залаце́нькі (zalacjénʹki), зо́латка (zólatka), зо́латца (zólatca), лю́бы (ljúby), мі́лы (míly)
- (colloquial, figurative) prohibitively expensive
2011 October 8, Ілона Іванова, “Матчына радасць ”, in 21.by, archived from the original on 15 April 2025:Нездарма бацькі немаўлят гавораць, што імпартныя падгузкі цяпер — проста "залатыя"!- Njezdarma bacʹki njemaŭljat havóracʹ, što impartnyja padhuzki cjapjer — prósta "zalatyja"!
- It’s no coincidence that parents of infant children say that foreign napkins now cost like gold!
2016 February 5, “Чаму агурок у Варшаве каштуе на траціну менш за беларускі? ”, in Еўрарадыё, archived from the original on 27 February 2024:Навошта тады беларусам айчынныя “залатыя” агуркі ўзімку, калі можна проста імпартаваць?- Navóšta tady bjelarusam ajčynnyja “zalatyja” ahurki ŭzimku, kali móžna prósta impartavacʹ?
- So why do Belarusians need local cucumbers for a price of gold in winter, if they can just be imported?
2023 December 16, “Яйкі, турнэ па Афрыцы, Алімпіяда. Галоўныя падзеі ў малюнках ”, in BELSAT, archived from the original on 15 April 2025:У суседняй краіне яйкі сталі залатымі: цана за дзясятак сягае 200 расейскіх рублёў (гэта каля 7 беларускіх).- U susjednjaj krainje jajki stali zalatymi: cana za dzjasjatak sjahaje 200 rasjejskix rubljóŭ (heta kalja 7 bjelaruskix).
- In the neighbouring country, eggs now cost like gold: the price of a pack of ten is as high as 200 Russian roubles (that’s around 7 Belarusian).
Declension
Declension of залаты́ (hard)
Derived terms
Noun
залаты́ • (zalatý) m inan (genitive залато́га, nominative plural залаты́я, genitive plural залаты́х)
- (historical, nominalized) gold coin
- Synonym: чырво́нец (čyrvónjec)
Declension
Declension of залаты́ (inan pl-only adj masc accent-b)
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