досыць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

dosyć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian досыть (dosytʹ). Compare Polish dosyć and Ukrainian до́сить (dósytʹ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdosɨt͡sʲ]
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Adverb

до́сыць • (dósycʹ)

enough, sufficiently
Synonym: дастатко́ва (dastatkóva)
- 1907, anonymous author, Zabastoŭka, Piecierburh: Wydańnie „Hramady“, page 5:
  Nia dosyć zrabić zabastouku u adnym dware;
  It's not enough to organize a strike in just one yard;
- 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 295:
  — Хіба тут не досыць высока, любая мая дзяўчынка? — з усмешкай запыталася Эдзіт.
  — Xiba tut nje dósycʹ vysóka, ljubaja maja dzjaŭčynka? — z usmješkaj zapytalasja Edzit.
  [original: "Is this not high enough, dear girl?" asked Edith, smiling.]
fairly, pretty, quite, rather (somewhat, to a certain degree)
Synonym: даво́лі (davóli)
- 1934 [1820], Walter Scott, translated by Іван Гарбуз, Айвенго, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Ivanhoe, page 52:
  Пасля чацвертага спаборніцтва зрабілася досыць вялікая пауза: не знаходзілася ахвотнікаў пачынаць бойку.
  Paslja čacvjertaha spabórnictva zrabilasja dósycʹ vjalikaja pauza: nje znaxódzilasja axvótnikaŭ pačynacʹ bójku.
  [original: After this fourth encounter, there was a considerable pause; nor did it appear that any one was very desirous of renewing the encounter.]
  After the fourth competition, there was a rather long pause: no one was very desirous of starting a fight.
- 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 192:
  Гадзіны цягнуцца досыць нудна.
  Hadziny cjahnucca dósycʹ nudna.
  [original: The hours drag along, tediously enough.]
  The hours drag along rather tediously.

Interjection

до́сыць • (dósycʹ)

enough!, stop!, quit it!
- 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 39:
  — Досыць, мілорд. Замаўчы! Тое, што гаворыш ты, — здрада. Ты забыў загад караля! Памятай, што, слухаючы цябе, я раблюся саўдзельнікам твайго злачынства.
  — Dósycʹ, milórd. Zamaŭčy! Tóje, što havóryš ty, — zdrada. Ty zabyŭ zahad karalja! Pamjataj, što, sluxajučy cjabje, ja rabljusja saŭdzjelʹnikam tvajhó zlačynstva.
  [original: "Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen."]

References

Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “досыть”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 35
“досыць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
“досыць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org