цэх

• cech — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Borrowed from Polish cech, from Middle High German zëch, zëche (modern German Zeche). Compare Czech and Slovak cech, Russian and Ukrainian цех (cex), Yiddish צעך (tsekh, “guild; wassail; trade union”).

• IPA^(key):

цэх • (cex) m inan (genitive цэ́ха, nominative plural цэ́хі, genitive plural цэ́хаў, relational adjective цэ́хавы)

1. workshop, shop, section (of a factory)

   Synonyms: майстэ́рня (majstérnja), атэлье́ (atelʹjé)

   ліце́йны цэх ― licjéjny cex ― foundry (literally, “casting shop”)

2. workshop (brief, intensive course of education for a small group; academic conference)

   Synonym: семіна́р (sjeminár)

   запіса́цца ў цэх ― zapisácca ŭ cex ― to sign up for a workshop

   цэх здаро́ўя ― cex zdaróŭja ― health workshop

3. (obsolete, historical) guild

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʰex/
• Syllabification: цэх (1 syllable)

цэх • (cex) (Mongolian spelling ᠴ‍ᠠ‍ᠭᠡᠡ᠋ (č‍a‍gee))

1. straight (not curved or sideways)

   Synonym: шулуун (šuluun)

   Antonym: муруй (muruj)

   цэх зогсох ― cex zogsox ― to stand up straight

   цэх явах ― cex javax ― to go straight

2. straightforward, direct, honest

   Synonyms: шулуун (šuluun), шударга (šudarga)

   цэх шударга байх ― cex šudarga bajx ― to be straightforward, to be direct