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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
крапі́ць (krapícʹ, “to sprinkle”) + -ла (-la). Cognate with Russian кропи́ло (kropílo), Ukrainian кропи́ло (kropýlo), Polish kropidło.
Noun
крапі́ла • (krapíla) n inan (genitive крапі́ла, nominative plural крапі́лы, genitive plural крапі́лаў)
- (Christianity) aspergill, aspergillum
1926, Анатоль Тычына, Наддзьвіньне, Полацак: Полацкая філія „Маладняка“, page 19:Дык, я думаю, сьвяты айцец, мо' яшчэ з разочак можна памаліцца ды каб ізноў з гэтым самым, як яго!.. з гэтым?.. з крапілам!?- Dyk, ja dumaju, sʹvjaty ajcjec, moʺ jašče z razóčak móžna pamalicca dy kab iznóŭ z hetym samym, jak jahó!.. z hetym?.. z krapilam!?
- So, I think, Holy Father, would it be possible to pray one more time? And do it again with the use of this ... how is it called? ... with an aspergillum!?
Declension
Declension of крапі́ла (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Etymology 2
Verb
крапі́ла • (krapíla)
- inflection of крапі́ць (krapícʹ):
- feminine singular past indicative
- neuter singular past indicative
References
- “крапіла”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “крапіла” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org