турак
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Process of emergence of -ак (-ak) uncertain. Given the (chiefly) West and East Slavic cognates that also end in the diminutive suffix (Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene Turek, Russian and Ukrainian ту́рок (túrok)), likely inherited from Proto-Slavic *turъkъ, back-formed from plural *turъci or *turъky, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تركی (türkî, “Turkic; Turk”), which was re-analyzed in Slavic as ending in *-ъci or *-ъky, plural forms of *-ъkъ. Doublet of цюрк (cjurk, “Turkic person”), in which the front vowel -ü- is "retained".
Pronunciation
Noun
ту́рак • (túrak) m pers (genitive ту́рка, nominative plural ту́ркі, genitive plural ту́ркаў, feminine турча́нка, relational adjective турэ́цкі)
- a Turk (male person from Turkey or of Turkish descent)
- ён ту́рак ― jon túrak ― he is a Turk
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ту́рак túrak |
ту́ркі túrki |
| genitive | ту́рка túrka |
ту́ркаў túrkaŭ |
| dative | ту́рку túrku |
ту́ркам túrkam |
| accusative | ту́рка túrka |
ту́ркаў túrkaŭ |
| instrumental | ту́ркам túrkam |
ту́ркамі túrkami |
| locative | ту́рку túrku |
ту́рках túrkax |
| count form | — | ту́ркі1 túrki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Related terms
Further reading
- “турак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “турак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org