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Belarusian
Etymology
Cognate with Polish kulhać, Slovak kuľhať, Russian кульга́ть (kulʹgátʹ) and Ukrainian кульга́ти (kulʹháty).
Pronunciation
Verb
кульга́ць • (kulʹhácʹ) impf
- (intransitive) to be lame, to hobble, to limp
стары кульгаў, і ніхто з унукаў не прыйшоў яму дапамагчы- stary kulʹhaŭ, i nixtó z unukaŭ nje pryjšóŭ jamu dapamahčy
- the old man was limping, and none of his grandchildren came to help him
1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 525:— Памятаеце, я вам сказала, кім я была і адкуль я прышла, у лахманах і кульгаючы, пад раз'юшаным ветрам і дажджом, які біў мне ў твар?- — Pamjatajecje, ja vam skazala, kim ja byla i adkulʹ ja pryšla, u laxmanax i kulʹhajučy, pad razʺjušanym vjetram i daždžóm, jaki biŭ mnje ŭ tvar?
1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 109:Левая рука яго была на перавязі, і на левае вока быў налеплены шырокі зялёны пластыр. Абадранец трохі кульгаў і апіраўся на тоўсты дубовы кій.- Ljevaja ruka jahó byla na pjeravjazi, i na ljevaje vóka byŭ naljepljeny šyróki zjaljóny plastyr. Abadranjec tróxi kulʹhaŭ i apiraŭsja na tóŭsty dubóvy kij.
- His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye. The ruffian limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to be bad at, to lame, limp in (in a subject)
- Я кульгаю ў матэматыцы. ― Ja kulʹhaju ŭ matematycy. ― I limp in math.
Conjugation
Conjugation of кульга́ць (class 1a, imperfective, intransitive)
References
- “кульгаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “кульгаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org