цурацца

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Belarusian

Etymology

Compare Ukrainian цура́тися (curátysja).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -at͡sːa
  • Hyphenation: цу‧рац‧ца

Verb

цура́цца (curáccaimpf

  1. to shun (to avoid, especially persistently)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 247:
      Вам я магу давяраць, як самой сабе. Дык-вось, Кейт, я баюся, што бацька Фларэнс мала яе любіць, вельмі рэдка бачыць яе, ніколі не бываў з ёю ласкавым, а цяпер нават цураецца яе.
      Vam ja mahu davjaracʹ, jak samój sabje. Dyk-vósʹ, Kjejt, ja bajusja, što bacʹka Flarens mala jaje ljubicʹ, vjelʹmi redka bačycʹ jaje, nikóli nje byvaŭ z jóju laskavym, a cjapjer navat curajecca jaje.

Conjugation

References

  • цурацца”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • цурацца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org