крэсла

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian крѣсло (krěslo), from Proto-Slavic *krěslo. Compare Polish krzesło, Russian кре́сло (kréslo) and Ukrainian крі́сло (kríslo).

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Noun

крэ́сла (kréslan inan (genitive крэ́сла, nominative plural крэ́слы, genitive plural крэ́сел or крэ́слаў)

  1. chair (an item of furniture used to sit on, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person)
    • 1892 , Аляксандр Ельскі, Pan Tadeusz, Lviv: U drukarni ludówaj pod upr. St. Baỳlaho, translation of Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz (in Polish), page 9; English translation from George Rapall Noyes, transl., Pan Tadeusz, 1917:
      Tuż i sukiеnka bieła, swiеża z kałkà zniata / I da ubrannia, na kresła parenczu razpiata.
      There too, a white gown, freshly taken from the hook to put on, was spread upon the arm of a chair.
    • 1938 , Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 494:
      Містэр Тутс сказаў гэта зусім не разумеючы, аб чым ён гаворыць, сеў на крэсла і пачаў паглядаць на Фларэнс, прычым твар яго выказваў самую жорсткую барацьбу паміж зачараваннем і роспаччу.
      Mister Tuts skazaŭ heta zusim nje razumjejučy, ab čym jon havórycʹ, sjeŭ na kresla i pačaŭ pahljadacʹ na Flarens, pryčym tvar jahó vykazvaŭ samuju žórstkuju baracʹbu pamiž začaravannjem i róspačču.
  2. armchair, easy chair (a comfortable chair, often well upholstered)
    Synonym: фатэ́ль (fatélʹ)

Usage notes

  • The difference between senses can be often guessed by looking at the used preposition:
    • на - hints a simple rugged chair
    • у - hints a soft comfortable armchair

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References

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кресло”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 116
  • крэсла”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • крэсла” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org