лічба

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian личба (ličba). Compare Polish liczba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

лі́чба (líčbaf inan (genitive лі́чбы, nominative plural лі́чбы, genitive plural лі́чбаў, relational adjective лі́чбавы)

  1. (mathematics) digit (a single distinct symbol that forms a part of a written representation of a number)
    Coordinate term: лік (lik)
    • 1940 , Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 220:
      — Можа быць я адгадаю? — сказаў катаржнік. — Ну, вось, напрыклад: ці не пачынаецца сума даходу, які вы атрымліваеце з часу вашага поўналецця, з лічбы пяць?
      — Móža bycʹ ja adhadaju? — skazaŭ kataržnik. — Nu, vosʹ, napryklad: ci nje pačynajecca suma daxódu, jaki vy atrymlivajecje z času vašaha póŭnaljeccja, z ličby pjacʹ?
      “Perhaps I can guess?” said the convict. “Well, for example: doesn't the sum of your income since you came of age begin with the digit five?”
    • 2018, Людміла Даманская, Кніга першых ведаў для дзяцей ад 2 да 5 гадоў, Minsk: Харвест, →ISBN; republished as Кніга першых ведаў для дзяцей ад 2 да 5 гадоў, Litres, 2020, →ISBN:
      10 — гэта не лічба, а лік!
      10 — heta nje ličba, a lik!
      10 is not a digit, but a number!
  2. (colloquial, occasionally proscribed) numeral
    Synonym: цы́фра (cýfra)
  3. (colloquial, occasionally proscribed) number
    Synonym: ко́лькасць (kólʹkascʹ)

Usage notes

  • Being strictly pedantic with the math terminology, only the "digit" sense is considered to be correct. But this does not preclude the use of the other senses by the non-academic people.

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References

  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “лічба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “личба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 83
  • лічба”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • лічба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

Etymology

From лічи́ти (ličýty, to count) + -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

Noun

лічба́ (ličbáf inan (genitive лічби́, uncountable)

  1. counting
  2. amount

Declension

Declension of лічба́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative лічба́
ličbá
genitive лічби́
ličbý
dative лічбі́
ličbí
accusative лічбу́
ličbú
instrumental лічбо́ю
ličbóju
locative лічбі́
ličbí
vocative лі́чбо
líčbo

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