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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian позва (pozva).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́зва • (pózva) f inan (genitive по́звы, nominative plural по́звы, genitive plural по́зваў)
- (law) subpoena, summons, writ
1937 [1889—1899], Leo Tolstoy, anonymous translator, Васкрасенне, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Воскресение, page 18:Выпіўшы кавы, Нехлюдаў пайшоў у габінет, каб даведацца ў позве, калі трэба быць у судзе, і напісаць адказ князёўне.- Vypiŭšy kavy, Njexljudaŭ pajšóŭ u habinjet, kab davjedacca ŭ pózvje, kali treba bycʹ u sudzje, i napisacʹ adkaz knjazjóŭnje.
- Napivšisʹ kofeju, Nexljudov pošel v kabinet, štoby spravitʹsja v povestke, v kotorom času nado bytʹ v sude, i napisatʹ otvet knjažne.
- After drinking his coffee, Nekhludoff went to the cabinet to check the summons to find out when he needed to be in court, and to write a response to the princess.
- (military) call-up papers, draft papers (an order to report for military service)
1931 [1921], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, У тыле (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 1), Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 50:Калі Швэйку прынесьлі позву, каб ён праз тыдзень зьявіўся на Стралецкую выспу на вайсковы набор, ён ляжаў у ложку, скурчаны зноў раматусам.- Kali Švejku prynjesʹli pózvu, kab jon praz tydzjenʹ zʹjaviŭsja na Straljeckuju vyspu na vajskóvy nabór, jon ljažaŭ u lóžku, skurčany znoŭ ramatusam.
- When they brought Švejk a summons to appear for military conscription on Střelecký island in a week, he was lying in bed, bent over once again by rheumatism.
Declension
Declension of по́зва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “позва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 25 (побунтованье – позначити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 406
- “позва”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “позва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org