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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian по́стать (póstatʹ). Compare Polish postać and Ukrainian по́стать (póstatʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́стаць • (póstacʹ) f inan (genitive по́стаці, nominative plural по́стаці, genitive plural по́стацей or по́стацяў)
- figure (the shape of a human body)
- Synonyms: стан (stan), фігу́ра (fihúra)
1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 55:Раптам мы заўважылі яго твар, пазіраўшы на нас праз ваду, і праз хвілінку ён улез да нас, стаў з намі. Гэта была невялікая, прысадзістая постаць, мне пад плячо.- Raptam my zaŭvažyli jahó tvar, paziraŭšy na nas praz vadu, i praz xvilinku jon uljez da nas, staŭ z nami. Heta byla njevjalikaja, prysadzistaja póstacʹ, mnje pad pljačó.
- Suddenly we were aware of his face looking at us through the water and an instant later he had clambered over to us, so that he was standing by our side—a short sturdy figure, not higher than my shoulder.
1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 58:— Гм! — сказала яна, аглядаючы кволую постаць дзіцяці. — Больш я нічога не бачу, апрача чаравікаў. Мне патрэбны гэтыя чаравікі, міс Домбі.- — Hm! — skazala jana, ahljadajučy kvóluju póstacʹ dzicjaci. — Bolʹš ja ničóha nje baču, aprača čaravikaŭ. Mnje patrebny hetyja čaraviki, mis Dómbi.
Declension
Declension of по́стаць (inan soft 3rd-decl 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 (2007), “постать”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 201
- “постаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “постаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org