кропля

• kropla — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Borrowed from Polish kropla. Doublet of ка́пля (káplja).

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• Rhymes: -oplʲa
• Hyphenation: кроп‧ля

кро́пля • (króplja) f inan (genitive кро́плі, nominative plural кро́плі, genitive plural кро́пляў or кро́пель, relational adjective кро́пельны, diminutive кро́пелька)

1. drop (a small round particle of some liquid)

   Synonyms: ка́пка (kápka), ка́пля (káplja)

   • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 151:

     Майлс быў бледны, нерухомы, кроплі халоднага поту выступілі ў яго на ілбе, зліліся разам і пацяклі ўніз па твары.

     Majls byŭ bljedny, njeruxómy, krópli xalódnaha pótu vystupili ŭ jahó na ilbje, zlilisja razam i pacjakli ŭniz pa tvary.

     Miles was pale and rigid, drops of cold sweat gathered on his forehead, blended together and trickled down his face.

2. (figuratively) drop (the smallest amount of something)
   • 1907 [1897], Edward Bellamy, translated by Аляксандр Уласаў, Kazka ab wadzie, translation of The Parable of the Water-Tank, page 10:

     Hetyje kropli ichniej wady, što nazywajucca panskaju łaskaju, wielmi byli horkimi dla biednaho narodu.

     These drops of their water, known as bigwig's charity, were very bitter for the poor people.

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кропля”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 173
• “кропля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “кропля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org