ледзь

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje). Compare Ukrainian ледь (ledʹ).

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Adverb

ледзь (ljedzʹ)

  1. (only) slightly, a little, barely
    Synonyms: чуць (čucʹ), злёгку (zljóhku), нямно́га (njamnóha)
    ледзь жывы́ljedzʹ žyvýbarely alive
    аго́нь ледзь гары́цьahónʹ ljedzʹ harýcʹthe fire is barely burning
    ледзь чу́тнаljedzʹ čútnabarely audible
    тады́ ён ледзь то́лькі пачына́ў піса́цьtadý jon ljedzʹ tólʹki pačynáŭ pisácʹthen he barely started writing
  2. difficultly, hardly, (only) with great difficulty, barely
    Synonyms: насі́лу (nasílu), ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje)
    ледзь пераплы́ў раку́ljedzʹ pjeraplýŭ rakúbarely swam across the river
    ледзь падня́ўljedzʹ padnjáŭit barely raised up
  3. (in the negative with не (nje)) almost, nearly
    Synonyms: ама́ль (amálʹ), ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje), чуць не (čucʹ nje)
    рэ́чы занялі́ ледзь не пало́ву пако́яréčy zanjalí ljedzʹ nje palóvu pakójathe things took up almost half of the room
    ледзь не ўпаўljedzʹ nje ŭpaŭhe almost fell

Usage notes

  • Senses 1 and 2 can both be translated as "barely", however sense 1 is primarily about something of very small magnitude, e.g. "there were barely any people there", while sense 2 concerns being able to do something only with great difficulty, e.g. "I barely managed to climb down the mountain".
  • Sometimes reinforced using то́лькі (tólʹki), as seen in some of the usage examples.

Conjunction

ледзь (ljedzʹ)

  1. as soon as
    ледзь узышло́ со́нца, я ру́шыў у даро́гуljedzʹ uzyšló sónca, ja rúšyŭ u daróhuas soon as the sun rose, I got onto the road
    ледзь то́лькі ён вы́ехаў, ба́цька ўвайшо́ў у дворljedzʹ tólʹki jon výjexaŭ, bácʹka ŭvajšóŭ u dvoras soon as he left, his father entered the yard

References

  • ледзь”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • ледзь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org