галяк

Belarusian

галяк (razor)

Alternative forms

• halak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣaˈlʲak]

Noun

галя́к • (halják) m inan (genitive галяка́, nominative plural галякі́, genitive plural галяко́ў)

1. (archaic) razor (a keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body)
   • 1927, Anatol Volny, “Справы літаратурныя”, in Алёша, Minsk: ЦБ „Маладняк“, page 5:

     Аднойчы адна малпа ўгледзіла, як галіўся чалавек. Тады малпа вышла ў другі пакой, намылілася мылам, узяла галяк і перарэзала сабе горла.

     Adnójčy adna malpa ŭhljedzila, jak haliŭsja čalavjek. Tady malpa vyšla ŭ druhi pakój, namylilasja mylam, uzjala haljak i pjerarezala sabje hórla.

     Once upon a time, a monkey happened to see how a man was shaving. Then the monkey went into another room, soaped itself up, took a razor, and slit its own throat.

Declension

Declension of галя́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	галя́к halják	галякі́ haljakí
genitive	галяка́ haljaká	галяко́ў haljakóŭ
dative	галяку́ haljakú	галяка́м haljakám
accusative	галя́к halják	галякі́ haljakí
instrumental	галяко́м haljakóm	галяка́мі haljakámi
locative	галяку́ haljakú	галяка́х haljakáx
count form	—	галякі́1 haljakí1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Noun

галя́к • (halják) m pers (genitive галяка́, nominative plural галякі́, genitive plural галяко́ў, feminine галя́чка)

1. (figurative, colloquial) pauper (one who is extremely poor)

Declension

Declension of галя́к (pr velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	галя́к halják	галякі́ haljakí
genitive	галяка́ haljaká	галяко́ў haljakóŭ
dative	галяку́ haljakú	галяка́м haljakám
accusative	галяка́ haljaká	галяко́ў haljakóŭ
instrumental	галяко́м haljakóm	галяка́мі haljakámi
locative	галяку́ haljakú	галяка́х haljakáx
count form	—	галякі́1 haljakí1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “галяк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “галяк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org