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Belarusian
Etymology
Compare Russian сквозня́к (skvoznják).
Pronunciation
Noun
скразня́к • (skraznják) m inan (genitive скразняку́, nominative plural скразнякі́, genitive plural скразняко́ў)
- draft, draught (a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle)
1911, Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski, transl., Міхалка, Пецярбург: „Загляне cонцэ і ў наша ваконцэ“, page 15:Калі тутака скразьнік, я сяду гэттака, напроціў.- Kali tutaka skrazʹnik, ja sjadu hettaka, napróciŭ.
- If there's a draught over here, I'll sit like this, on the opposite side.
1996 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Л. М. Хлебавец, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: «Беларусь», translation of The Headless Horseman, →ISBN, page 140; republished as Коннік без галавы, Litres, 2022, →ISBN:Такой была карціна, якую ўбачылі гледачы, калі скразняк рассеяў парахавы дым і дазволіў ім распазнаць, што робіцца ўнутры бара.- Takój byla karcina, jakuju ŭbačyli hljedačy, kali skraznjak rassjejaŭ paraxavy dym i dazvóliŭ im raspaznacʹ, što róbicca ŭnutry bara.
- Such was the tableau that presented itself to the spectators, as a draft dissipated the gunpowder smoke and gave them a chance of distinguishing what was taking place within the saloon.
Declension
Declension of скразня́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “скразняк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “скразняк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org