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Belarusian
Etymology
Compare Russian профессиона́л (professionál).
Pronunciation
Noun
прафесіяна́л • (prafjesijanál) m pers (genitive прафесіяна́ла, nominative plural прафесіяна́лы, genitive plural прафесіяна́лаў)
- professional (a person who belongs to a profession and earns their living from it)
- Antonym: ама́тар (amátar)
1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 119:Наперад былі высланы разведчыкі і прафесіяналы-следапыты, на абавязку якіх ляжала знаходзіць сляды і разгадваць іх значэнне.- Napjerad byli vyslany razvjedčyki i prafjesijanaly-sljedapyty, na abavjazku jakix ljažala znaxódzicʹ sljady i razhadvacʹ ix značennje.
- professional (an expert)
- Antonyms: дылета́нт (dyljetánt), прафа́н (prafán)
1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 210:Каты таксама спяшаюцца, баючыся новай затрымкі. Яны арудуюць вяроўкай са спрытнасцю спрактыкаваных прафесіяналаў.- Katy taksama spjašajucca, bajučysja nóvaj zatrymki. Jany arudujucʹ vjaróŭkaj sa sprytnascju spraktykavanyx prafjesijanalaŭ.
- The executioners are also in a hurry, fearing a new delay. They handle the rope with the agility of seasoned professionals.
Declension
Declension of прафесіяна́л (pr hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “прафесіянал”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “прафесіянал” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org