працяг

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Belarusian

Etymology

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Deverbal from праця́гваць (pracjáhvacʹ).[1]. Or maybe alternatively inherited from Old Ruthenian протꙗгъ (protjah)[2] at least for one sense.

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Noun

праця́г (pracjáhm inan (genitive праця́гу, uncountable)

  1. extent, stretch, length, span (a portion of something by length)
    Synonyms: абся́г (absjáh), прасто́ра (prastóra)
    • 1929, Janka Maŭr, Амок, Minsk: ДВБ, page 128:
      Зразумела, на тысячакілёмэтравым працягу знойдуцца і яшчэ месцы (апрача вышэйпамянёнага Тжыладжапа), дзе ёсьць голяндзкія адміністрацыйныя ўстановы, галоўным чынам, вайсковая варта.
      Zrazumjela, na tysjačakiljómetravym pracjahu znójducca i jašče mjescy (aprača vyšejpamjanjónaha Tžyladžapa), dzje josʹcʹ hóljandzkija administracyjnyja ŭstanóvy, halóŭnym čynam, vajskóvaja varta.
      Of course, along the thousand-kilometer span, other locations can also be found (besides the aforementioned Tjilatjap) that host Dutch administrative establishments, primarily military outposts.
    • 1929, Ciška Hartny, На новым месцы (Цішка Гартны. Творы; 2), Менск: ДВБ, page 310:
      У гэткім становішчы, бяспытальна, яна прайшла ўвесь працяг дарожкі, вярнулася назад і заламала направа.
      U hetkim stanóviščy, bjaspytalʹna, jana prajšla ŭvjesʹ pracjah daróžki, vjarnulasja nazad i zalamala naprava.
      In this condition, she undoubtedly walked the entire length of the alley, returned back, and then veered to the right.
  2. continuation (the act or state of continuing)
    на праця́гуna pracjáhuduring
    • 1929, Janka Maŭr, Амок, Minsk: ДВБ, page 171:
      Працяг сьвяткаваньня адбываўся ў залі.
      Pracjah sʹvjatkavanʹnja adbyvaŭsja ŭ zali.
      The continuation of the celebration took place in a hall.
  3. continuation (that which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on)
    • 1947 [1911], Jack London, “Смак мяса”, in Мікола Лупсякоў, transl., Смок Белью, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Taste of the Meat, page 10:
      «Еду ў водпуск на некалькі тыдняў, — растлумачыў ён. — Падшукайце на гэты час каго-небудзь, хто мог-бы пісаць працяг рамана. Мне вельмі шкада, сябра, але справа ідзе аб маім здароўі. Вярнуўшыся, я прыналягу на працу з падвоенай энергіяй».
      “Jedu ŭ vódpusk na njekalʹki tydnjaŭ, — rastlumačyŭ jon. — Padšukajcje na hety čas kahó-njebudzʹ, xto móh-by pisacʹ pracjah ramana. Mnje vjelʹmi škada, sjabra, alje sprava idzje ab maim zdaróŭi. Vjarnuŭšysja, ja prynaljahu na pracu z padvójenaj enjerhijaj”.
      "I'm going on vacation for a few weeks," he explained. "Find someone who can keep writing the continuation of the novel during this time. Sorry, my friend, but my health demands it. I'll tackle the work with twice the energy when I get back."

Declension

References

  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “працяг”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  2. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2009), “протягъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 29 (пристрастный – ракъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 269

Further reading

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