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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́вдра (kóvdra), ко́лдра (kóldra), from Middle Polish kołdra.[1] Compare Ukrainian ко́вдра (kóvdra).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́ўдра • (kóŭdra) f inan (genitive ко́ўдры, nominative plural ко́ўдры, genitive plural ко́ўдраў, relational adjective ко́ўдравы, diminutive ко́ўдрачка)
- blanket, cover (a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting)
1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 169:Загарнуўшыся ў турэмныя коўдры, парваныя і брудныя, Гендон і кароль правялі трывожную ноч.- Zaharnuŭšysja ŭ turemnyja kóŭdry, parvanyja i brudnyja, Hjendón i karólʹ pravjali tryvóžnuju noč.
Declension
Declension of ко́ўдра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “коўдра”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “колдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 190
- “коўдра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “коўдра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org