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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smȏrdъ. Cognate with Polish smród, Russian смра́д (smrád) and Ukrainian смо́рід (smórid).
Pronunciation
Noun
смуро́д • (smuród) m inan (genitive смуро́ду, uncountable)
- stench, stink (a strong foul smell)
1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 100:Смала пузырамі выступіла ў шчылінах. Навокал у паветры стаяў такі смурод ад балотных выпарэнняў, што мне зрабілася моташна. У гэтай агіднай пратоцы пахла ліхарадкай і дызентэрыяй.- Smala puzyrami vystupila ŭ ščylinax. Navókal u pavjetry stajaŭ taki smuród ad balótnyx vyparennjaŭ, što mnje zrabilasja mótašna. U hetaj ahidnaj pratócy paxla lixaradkaj i dyzjenteryjaj.
- The pitch was bubbling in the seams. The surrounding air had such a nasty swamp fumes stench that it turned me sick. This abominable anchorage smelt like fever and dysentery.
Declension
Declension of смуро́д (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- “смурод”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “смурод” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org