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галіцца

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian галитисѧ (halitisja). Compare Polish golić się and Ukrainian голи́тися (holýtysja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɣaˈlʲit͡sːa]
  • Audio:(file) Note: this pronuncation may be nonstandard or incorrect: single ц

Verb

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галі́цца (halíccaimpf (perfective пагалі́цца)

  1. to shave (to make skin bald by using a tool such as a razor)
    Synonym: бры́цца (brýcca)
    • 1923 [1900], Seumas MacManus, translated by Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski, Ірляндзкія Народныя Казкі, Wilno: Drukarnia „Wydawnictwo Wileńskie“ B. Kleckina, translation of Donegal Fairy Stories, page 44:
      — На дваццаць першым годзе я купіў цэлы карабель брытваў і ўчора прытупіў апошнюю, як галіўся.
      — Na dvaccacʹ pjeršym hódzje ja kupiŭ cely karabjelʹ brytvaŭ i ŭčóra prytupiŭ apóšnjuju, jak haliŭsja.
      [original: "When I was twenty-one years of age I got a shipload of razors, and yesterday I had the last of them worn to a stump shaving myself."]

Conjugation

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References

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  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1985), “галитися”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 6 (выостреный – глядати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 246
  • галіцца”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • галіцца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org