захады

Belarusian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaxadɨ]

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Noun

за́хады • (záxady) n inan pl (genitive за́хадаў, plural only)

1. measures (actions designed to achieve some purpose)
   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 523:

     Былі выдуманы захады з мэтай раздуць рэпутацыю і крэдытаздольнасць фірмы і паказаць яе перавагу над іншымі гандлёвымі фірмамі.

     Byli vydumany zaxady z metaj razducʹ reputacyju i kredytazdólʹnascʹ firmy i pakazacʹ jaje pjeravahu nad inšymi handljóvymi firmami.

     [original: Undertakings have been entered on, to swell the reputation of the House for vast resources, and to exhibit it in magnificent contrast to other merchants’ Houses,]

Declension

Declension of за́хады (inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	за́хады záxady
genitive	за́хадаў záxadaŭ
dative	за́хадам záxadam
accusative	за́хады záxady
instrumental	за́хадамі záxadami
locative	за́хадах záxadax

References

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