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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *čuti. Cognate with Polish czuć and Ukrainian чу́ти (čúty).
Verb
чуць • (čucʹ) impf (perfective учу́ць or ўчуць)
- to hear
- to feel, to sense
- Synonym: адчува́ць (adčuvácʹ)
1913, “Czamu pot i ślozy salonyje?”, in Biełarus, number 7, page 8:Sol jość ŭsiudy, tolki małymi czastkami i dziela hetaho my czujem niekali patrebu niekatoryje reczy prysalić bolej.- Salt is present everywhere, but only in small proportions, and because of this, we sometimes feel the need to salt certain things more.
1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 265:— Гэта яе бацька. Відаць, ён горкі п'яніца, — гаварыў Герберт усміхаючыся. — Аднак, я ніколі яго не бачыў. Чуеш пах рому? Ён з ім не расстаецца.- — Heta jaje bacʹka. Vidacʹ, jon hórki pʺjanica, — havaryŭ Hjerbjert usmixajučysja. — Adnak, ja nikóli jahó nje bačyŭ. Čuješ pax rómu? Jon z im nje rasstajecca.
- “That's her father. Apparently, he is a hopeless drunkard,” said Herbert, smiling, “but I have never seen him. Do you sense the smell of rum? He is always at it.”
- to smell
Conjugation
Conjugation of чуць (class 12a, imperfective, transitive)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with Russian чуть (čutʹ).
Adverb
чуць • (čucʹ)
- a little, slightly
- Synonyms: ледзь (ljedzʹ), тро́хі (tróxi)
- barely
- Synonyms: як толькі (jak tólʹki), ледзь толькі (ljedzʹ tólʹki)
Derived terms
References
- “чуць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “чуць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)