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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian уникати (unikati). Cognates include Ukrainian уника́ти (unykáty) and Polish unikać.
Pronunciation
Verb
уніка́ць • (unikácʹ) impf (perfective уні́кнуць)
- (transitive) to avoid, to evade, to dodge, to escape
- Synonym: пазбяга́ць (pazbjahácʹ)
1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 179:— Мне-б не хацелася думаць, — сказала Фларэнс, — што, гэтага дому стараюцца ўнікаць. Мне-б не хацелася думаць, што пакоі яго… пакоі наверсе астаюцца пустымі і панурымі, цёця. Я палічыла-б за лепшае астацца цяпер тут. О, мой брат! Мой брат!- — Mnje-b nje xacjelasja dumacʹ, — skazala Flarens, — što, hetaha dómu starajucca ŭnikacʹ. Mnje-b nje xacjelasja dumacʹ, što pakói jahó… pakói navjersje astajucca pustymi i panurymi, cjócja. Ja paličyla-b za ljepšaje astacca cjapjer tut. O, moj brat! Moj brat!
Usage notes
- The forms уніка́ць (unikácʹ) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўніка́ць (ŭnikácʹ) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Conjugation
Conjugation of уніка́ць (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)
References
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “уникати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 25
- “унікаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “унікаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org