апроч

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• апрача́ (apračá), апры́ч (aprýč)

Etymology

а- (a-) or perhaps аб (ab) + *проч (*proč), the latter inherited from Proto-Slavic *pročь. Compare Polish oprócz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈprot͡ʂ]

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Preposition

апро́ч • (apróč) (+ genitive case)

1. except, excluding, apart from

   Synonyms: за выключэ́ннем (za vyključénnjem), выключа́ючы (vyključájučy), акрамя́ (akramjá), акры́м (akrým)

   до́ма ўсе, апро́ч ба́цькі ― dóma ŭsje, apróč bácʹki ― everyone is at home, except for father

2. in addition to, besides, beyond

   Synonyms: звыш (zvyš), у дадатак да (u dadatak da)

   апро́ч сы́на, у яго́ на выхава́нні пляме́ннік ― apróč sýna, u jahó na vyxavánni pljamjénnik ― in addition to his son, he is raising a nephew

Derived terms

• апро́ч таго́ (apróč tahó)

References

• “апроч”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “апроч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “опрочъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 291
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “апрычъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 132