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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian отказъ (otkaz). Cognate of Carpathian Rusyn вӱдказ (vüdkaz), Russian отка́з (otkáz, “refusal, rejection”) (false friend).
Pronunciation
Noun
адка́з • (adkáz) m inan (genitive адка́за, nominative plural адка́зы, genitive plural адка́заў)
- answer, response, reply
- Прыйшо́ў адка́з на пісьмо́. ― Pryjšóŭ adkáz na pisʹmó. ― А response to the letter has arrived.
1926, Jakub Kołas, На прасторах жыцьця, Minsk: ДВБ, page 117:У Сьцёпкі ёсьць адказ і на гэтае пытаньне, але ён хоча фасон дзяржаць і трагічна заяўляе: — У бандыты пайду.- U Scjópki joscʹ adkáz i na héta pytánnje, aljé jon xóča fasón dzjaržácʹ i trahíčna zajaŭljáje: “U bandýty pajdú”.
- Styopka has an answer to this question as well but he wants to show off and declares tragically "I will join bandits".
- responsibility
- Synonym: адка́знасць (adkáznascʹ)
- быць у адказе ― bycʹ u adkazje ― to be responsible
- несці адказ ― njesci adkaz ― to bear responsibility
1989 , Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter XXI, in Ніна Іосіфаўна Мацяш, transl., Маленькі прынц , translation of Le Petit Prince:— Людзі забыліся пра гэтую ісціну, — сказаў Ліс. — Але ты не забывай: ты заўсёды ў адказе за ўсіх, каго прыручыў. Ты ў адказе за сваю ружу...- — Ljudzi zabylisja pra hetuju iscinu, — skazaŭ Lis. — Alje ty nje zabyvaj: ty zaŭsjódy ŭ adkazje za ŭsix, kahó pryručyŭ. Ty ŭ adkazje za svaju ružu...
- “People have forgotten about this truth”, the Fox said. “But don’t you forget: you’re always responsible for those, whom you have tamed. You’re responsible for your rose...”
Declension
Declension of адка́з (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Hyponyms
References
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “отказъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “адказа́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 84
Further reading
- “адказ”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “адказ” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "адказ" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum