след

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Belarusian

сляды воўка

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian слѣдъ (slěd), from Old East Slavic слѣдъ (slědŭ), from Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-. Compare Polish ślad, Russian след (sled) and Ukrainian слід (slid).

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Noun

след (sljedm inan (genitive сле́ду, nominative plural сляды́, genitive plural слядо́ў)

  1. track, trail, footprint (a mark left by something that has passed along)
    • 1934 , Rudyard Kipling, “Каралеўскі анк”, in Janka Maŭr, transl., Маўглі, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The King's Ankus, page 192:
      — Раз, два, тры, чатыры сляды! — казаў Маўглі, схіліўшыся над попелам. — Чатыры сляды людзей з падкаванымі нагамі.
      — Raz, dva, try, čatyry sljady! — kazaŭ Maŭhli, sxiliŭšysja nad pópjelam. — Čatyry sljady ljudzjej z padkavanymi nahami.
    • 1941 , Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 240:
      Толькі адзін раз Зеб спыніўся — на месцы, дзе след двух іншых коней далучыўся да таго следу, па якім ён ішоў. Усе тры сляды перапляталіся.
      Tólʹki adzin raz Zjeb spyniŭsja — na mjescy, dzje sljed dvux inšyx kónjej dalučyŭsja da tahó sljedu, pa jakim jon išóŭ. Usje try sljady pjerapljatalisja.
      make pause; at a point where the tracks of two horses converged with that he was following. From this point the three coincided—...]
  2. sign, evidence, mark
  3. trace (a very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material)
    • 1928 , Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 35:
      Мы ў месцы, дзе жыве рыба, якая сама сьвеціць, і нас цешыла гасіць наш уласны сьвет і ў поўнай цемры пазіраць у вокны на жыцьцё акіяну. У гэтай цемры сьветаадчувальная пласьцінка, каб яна правісела і цэлую гадзіну, ня выявіла-б і сьледу ўльтрафіалетавых праменьняў.
      My ŭ mjescy, dzje žyvje ryba, jakaja sama sʹvjecicʹ, i nas cješyla hasicʹ naš ulasny sʹvjet i ŭ póŭnaj cjemry paziracʹ u vókny na žycʹcjó akijanu. U hetaj cjemry sʹvjetaadčuvalʹnaja plasʹcinka, kab jana pravisjela i celuju hadzinu, nja vyjavila-b i sʹljedu ŭlʹtrafialjetavyx pramjenʹnjaŭ.

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References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “следъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 415

Further reading

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-.

Pronunciation

Preposition

след (sled)

  1. after (subsequently; following in time; later than)

References

  • след”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic слѣдъ (slědŭ), from Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

след (sledm inan (genitive сле́да, nominative plural следы́, genitive plural следо́в)

  1. track, trail
    пусти́ть по ло́жному сле́дуpustítʹ po lóžnomu sléduto throw off the trail, misguide
  2. footprint, print
  3. sole of a sock or stocking
  4. trace, sign, vestige
  5. mark, print, legacy

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Phrases

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “след”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-.

Noun

сле̑д m inan (Latin spelling slȇd)

  1. sequence
  2. track

Declension

Declension of след
singular plural
nominative сле̑д сле̏дови
genitive следа следова
dative следу следовима
accusative след следове
vocative следе следови
locative следу следовима
instrumental следом следовима