шумець

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian шумѣти (šuměti), from Old East Slavic шумѣти (šuměti), from Proto-Slavic *šuměti.

шуме́ць • (šumjécʹ) impf (perfective зашуме́ць)

1. to make noise, to be noisy
   • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 18:

     Хутка ён апынуўся сярод чарады хлапчукоў, якія бегалі, скакалі, гулялі ў мяч, у чахарду, страшэнна шумелі, кожны забаўляўся, як умеў.

     Xutka jon apynuŭsja sjaród čarady xlapčukóŭ, jakija bjehali, skakali, huljali ŭ mjač, u čaxardu, strašenna šumjeli, kóžny zabaŭljaŭsja, jak umjeŭ.

     He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog, all making a lot of noise and disporting themselves as they pleased.

2. to rustle (to make a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves)

   Synonyms: шалясце́ць (šaljascjécʹ), шамаце́ць (šamacjécʹ)

3. to hum, to buzz (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings)

   Synonym: гудзе́ць (hudzjécʹ)

   • 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 54:

     Але ціску паветра нельга было вытрымаць. У галовах у нас шумела, і барабанная перапонка гатова была лопнуць. Доўга мы не маглі пражыць у такой атмосфэры.

     Alje cisku pavjetra njelʹha byló vytrymacʹ. U halóvax u nas šumjela, i barabannaja pjerapónka hatóva byla lópnucʹ. Dóŭha my nje mahli pražycʹ u takój atmósfery.

4. to make a row, to raise a ruckus

• зашуме́ць (zašumjécʹ, “to get noisy”)
• пашуме́ць (pašumjécʹ, “to make some noise”)
• прашуме́ць (prašumjécʹ, “to make noise (for certain time)”)
• адшуме́ць (adšumjécʹ, “to stop making noise, to fade away”)

From шум (šum, “foam, froth”) +‎ -е́ць (-jécʹ). Compare Ukrainian шумі́ти (šumíty), Polish szumieć.

шуме́ць • (šumjécʹ) impf (perfective зашуме́ць)

1. to bubble, to foam, to froth

   Synonym: пе́ніцца (pénicca)

   • 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 138:

     Якарны канат быў нацягнут, як цеціва, — з такой сілай карабль імкнуўся сарвацца з якара. Пад яго днішчам адліў бушаваў і шумеў як горны струмень.

     Jakarny kanat byŭ nacjahnut, jak cjeciva, — z takój silaj karablʹ imknuŭsja sarvacca z jakara. Pad jahó dniščam adliŭ bušavaŭ i šumjeŭ jak hórny strumjenʹ.

     The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, so strongly did the ship strain to break free from her anchor. Beneath the hull, the rippling current raged and bubbled like a mountain stream.

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “шумети”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 213
• “шумець”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “шумець” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "шумець" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum