золак
Appearance
Belarusian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly зо́лата (zólata, “gold”) + -ак (-ak). Compare Russian зо́лок (zólok).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]зо́лак • (zólak) m inan (genitive зо́лку or зо́лаку, uncountable)
- sunrise, dawn, daybreak (the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon)
- 1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 36:
- На золаку ўсе трое былі на нагах. Фелім паспеў паправіцца ад перажытага сполаху і ліхарадкі.
- Na zólaku ŭsje tróje byli na nahax. Fjelim paspjeŭ papravicca ad pjeražytaha spólaxu i lixaradki.
- [original: At the earliest hour of daybreak all three were astir—Phelim having recovered both from his fright and his fever.]
- sunrise (the change in color of the sky at dawn)
- Synonym: зара́ (zará)
- 1938 [1862], Victor Hugo, Адвержаныя, Менск: ДВБ, translation of Les Misérables, page 411:
- У той-жа час Тэнард'е ўбачыў з боку Бастыліі бледную паласу ранішняга золаку, які няясна абрысоўваўся на гарызонце.
- U tój-ža čas Tenardʺje ŭbačyŭ z bóku Bastylii bljednuju palasu ranišnjaha zólaku, jaki njajasna abrysóŭvaŭsja na haryzóncje.
- At the same time, in the direction of the Bastille, Thenardier saw a pale stripe of the morning sunrise, faintly outlined on the horizon.
Declension
[edit]Declension of зо́лак (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “золак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “золак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
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