міф

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Belarusian

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Noun

міф (mifm inan (genitive мі́фу, nominative plural мі́фы, genitive plural мі́фаў, relational adjective міфі́чны)

  1. myth (traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience)
    • 1922, Павал Любецкі, “Крытыка і кнігапіс”, in Адраджэньне, number 1, page 317:
      Ад ве́ршу так і ве́е першабы́тнаю прастатою мі́фу.
      Ad vjéršu tak i vjéje pjeršabýtnaju prastatóju mífu.
      The primordial simplicity of a myth is distinctly emanating from the poem.
    • 1923, Міхаіл Піятуховіч, “Максім Багдановіч як поэта імпрэсыяністы”, in Полымя, numbers 7-8, page 96:
      Ня ця́жка заўва́жыць, што гэ́ты і ім падобныя ве́ршы М. Багдановіча ў аснове сваёй прадстаўля́юць мі́фы.
      Nja cjážka zaŭvážycʹ, što héty i im padóbnyja vjéršy M. Bahdanóviča ŭ asnóvje svajój pradstaŭljájucʹ mífy.
      It isn't difficult to notice that this and the other similar poems by M. Bahdanovič, at their core, represent myths.
  2. (figuratively) myth (commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception)
    • 2008, Альбіна Семянчук and Генадзь Семянчук, Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne, number 29, Białystok: Białoruskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, →ISSN, page 267:
      Адна́к глыбокі ана́ліз ная́ўных крыні́цаў дазволіў Андрэ́ю Янушке́вічу разьве́яць даволі да́ўні міф польскай гістарыягра́фіі аб тым, што польскае найма́нае войска адыгра́ла выраша́льную ролю ў вайне́ 1558-1570 гг.
      Adnák hlybóki análiz najáŭnyx krynícaŭ dazvóliŭ Andréju Januškjéviču razʹvjéjacʹ davóli dáŭni mif pólʹskaj histaryjahráfii ab tym, što pólʹskaje najmánaje vójska adyhrála vyrašálʹnuju rólju ŭ vajnjé 1558-1570 hh.
      However an in-depth analysis of the available sources allowed Andrej Januškievič to dispel a rather long-standing myth of the Polish historiography about the Polish mercenary army playing the decisive role in the war of 1558-1570.

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References

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

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Noun

міф (mifm inan (genitive мі́фу, nominative plural мі́фи, genitive plural мі́фів)

  1. myth, fable, legend

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