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Belarusian
Etymology
Univerbation of у (u) + но́чы (nóčy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: уна‧чы
Adverb
уначы́ • (unačý)
- by night, in the night (in the period of time between sunset and sunrise)
- Antonym: удзе́нь (udzjénʹ)
1928 , Mark Twain, translated by Makar Kraŭcoŭ, Прынц і жабрак, Wilno: Drukarnia „Wydawnictwo Wileńskie“ B. Kleckina, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 1:Уночы абраз быў таксама ня меней цікавым, пры сьвятле вялікіх агнёў, каля якіх зьбіраліся падгуляўшыя натаўпы народу.- Unóčy abraz byŭ taksama nja mjenjej cikavym, pry sʹvjatlje vjalikix ahnjóŭ, kalja jakix zʹbiralisja padhuljaŭšyja nataŭpy naródu.
1939 , Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 116:Ён адважна разгульваў па стаянцы, уначы распраўляючыся з сабакамі за ўсё тое, што даводзілася сцярпець ад іх удзень.- Jon advažna razhulʹvaŭ pa stajancy, unačy raspraŭljajučysja z sabakami za ŭsjo tóje, što davódzilasja scjarpjecʹ ad ix udzjenʹ.
- He walked boldly about the camp, inflicting punishment in the night upon the dogs for what he had suffered from them in the day.
Usage notes
- The forms уначы́ (unačý) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўначы́ (ŭnačý) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
References
- “уначы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “уначы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org