жыд

Belarusian

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жыд

Alternative forms

żyd — obsolete
žyd — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жидъ (žid), from Old East Slavic жидъ (židŭ, “Jew”), from Proto-Slavic *židъ. Compare Polish żyd and Ukrainian жид (žyd).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʐɨt]

Noun

жыд • (žyd) m pers (genitive жы́да, nominative plural жыды́, genitive plural жыдо́ў, feminine жыдо́ўка, relational adjective жыдо́ўскі)

(archaic) Jew (a member or descendant of the Jewish people)
Synonyms: яўрэ́й (jaŭréj), (Taraškievica) габрэ́й (habréj)
- 1891, Francišak Bahuševič, Dudka białaruskaja Macieja Buraczka, Kraków: Wł. L. Anczyc, page 16:
  Byŭ tut ksiądz, byŭ i pop, byŭ i rabin żydoŭ
  A Catholic priest was present here, and an Orthodox priest too, and a rabbi from the Jews
- 1918, Źmitrok Biadula, Жыды на Беларусi, Менск: Друкарня Я. А. Грынблята, page 7:
  Гандаль і рамеслы у нашым краю развівалі жыды. І трэба сказаць, што у гэтым накірунку яны досіць ажывілі наш край і праз увесь час прыносілі яму шмат карысьці.
  Handalʹ i ramjesly u našym kraju razvivali žydy. I treba skazacʹ, što u hetym nakirunku jany dósicʹ ažyvili naš kraj i praz uvjesʹ čas prynósili jamu šmat karysʹci.
  The Jews were advancing commerce and crafts in our region. And it must be said that on this frontier they have invigorated our region and kept bringing many benefits to it over time.
(offensive) Jew, kike (a miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate)
- 1911, Кравецъ, “Зна̀хадка”, in Александр Сержпутовскій, editor, Сказки и разсказы бѣлоруссовъ полѣшуковъ [Fairy tales and stories of the Belarusians from Polesia], С.-Петербургъ, page 130:
  Але́ вѣ́дамо жыд — за ґро́шы павѣ́ситца.
  [Але́, вядо́ма, жыд — за гро́шы паве́сіцца.]
  Aljé, vjadóma, žyd — za hróšy pavjésicca.
  But it's known that a Jew would even hang himself if it's for the money.

Usage notes

Historically it was a regular, non-offensive term but with the Russian influence (compare with Russian жид (žid)), it can now be very offensive.
Some users still consider the term non-offensive.

Declension

Declension of жыд (pr hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	жыд žyd	жыды́ žydý
genitive	жы́да žýda	жыдо́ў žydóŭ
dative	жы́ду žýdu	жыда́м žydám
accusative	жы́да žýda	жыдо́ў žydóŭ
instrumental	жы́дам žýdam	жыда́мі žydámi
locative	жы́дзе žýdzje	жыда́х žydáx
vocative	жы́дзе žýdzje	—
count form	—	жы́ды¹ žýdy¹

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

References

Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жидъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 29
“жыд” in Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
"жыд" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum