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Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish tłuszcz.
Pronunciation
Noun
тлушч • (tlušč) m inan (genitive тлу́шчу, nominative plural тлу́шчы, genitive plural тлу́шчаў, relational adjective тлу́шчавы, diminutive тлу́шчык)
- fat (a water-insoluble oily substance found in animal and plant tissues)
- Synonym: жыр (žyr)
1938 , Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 341:Брудны кнот спачатку гарэў цмяна пад аплываючым тлушчам; калі-ж мутныя і аслабшыя вочы старой здолелі нешта разгледзець пры гэтым святле, госця ўжо сядзела, склаўшы накрыж рукі і апусціўшы вочы, а хустка, якая была завязана на галаве, ляжала каля яе на стале.- Brudny knot spačatku hareŭ cmjana pad aplyvajučym tluščam; kali-ž mutnyja i aslabšyja vóčy starój zdóljeli nješta razhljedzjecʹ pry hetym svjatlje, hóscja ŭžo sjadzjela, sklaŭšy nakryž ruki i apusciŭšy vóčy, a xustka, jakaja byla zavjazana na halavje, ljažala kalja jaje na stalje.
1938 , Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 53:Гэта быў чалавек з трыма пальцамі, з блішчэўшым ад тлушча тварам, той самы, які прыходзіў да нас у карчму.- Heta byŭ čalavjek z tryma palʹcami, z bliščeŭšym ad tlušča tvaram, toj samy, jaki pryxódziŭ da nas u karčmu.
- That was the tallow-faced man with three fingers, the one who had come first to our inn.
Declension
Declension of тлушч (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
Further reading
- “тлушч”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “тлушч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org