навокал

• наво́кала (navókala), навако́л (navakól), навако́ла (navakóla), во́кал (vókal), вако́л (vakól), вако́ла (vakóla), во́кала (vókala), уко́ла (ukóla), наўко́л (naŭkól), наўко́ла (naŭkóla) — common alternative forms
• navokal, navokał, nawokał — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo. Related to Russian о́коло (ókolo). Compare also Polish naokoło.

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• Rhymes: -okaɫ

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наво́кал • (navókal)

1. around (in a circle)

   Synonyms: укруг (ukruh), наўкруг (naŭkruh), наўкруга (naŭkruha)

   Гэ́так мы абы́дзем наво́кал і зноў пры́йдзем на старо́е ме́сца.

   Hétak my abýdzjem navókal i znoŭ prýjdzjem na staróje mjésca.

   This is how we will go around and come back to the old place.

2. all around, from all sides

   На́да мно́ю блакі́тны шацёр, А наво́кал — лясы́ і лясы́.

   Náda mnóju blakítny šacjór, A navókal — ljasý i ljasý.

   Above me is a blue tent, and all around (me) are forests and forests.

наво́кал • (navókal)

1. around (from all sides - spatial relation)

   Наво́кал ры́начнай пло́шчы стая́ць драўля́ныя і на́ват цагля́ныя дамы́.

   Navókal rýnačnaj plóščy stajácʹ draŭljányja i návat cahljányja damý.

   There are wooden and even brick houses around the market square.

2. (figurative) around (about, surrounding)

   Гу́тарка ўвесь час вяла́ся наво́кал старшыні́.

   Hútarka ŭvjesʹ čas vjalásja navókal staršyní.

   The conversation revolved around the chairman the whole time.

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