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квакуха

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Belarusian

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Noun

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кваку́ха (kvakúxaf animal (genitive кваку́хі, nominative plural кваку́хі, genitive plural кваку́х)

  1. (colloquial) frog
  2. (dialectal) hen (a female chicken, particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs)
    Synonyms: квакту́ха (kvaktúxa), квахту́ха (kvaxtúxa)
    • 1914, Maksim Harecki, У чым яго крыўда?, Litres (2022), →ISBN:
      Тут, падко́мкаўшы адна́к жа пад сябе́ дзе́ля цяпла́ кажу́х, садзі́ўся ён, як до́брая кваку́ха, то́лькі не ў рэ́шата, а на пухо́ва-сне́жнае сцюдзёнае гняздо́.
      Tut, padkómkaŭšy adnák ža pad sjabjé dzjélja cjaplá kažúx, sadzíŭsja jon, jak dóbraja kvakúxa, tólʹki nje ŭ réšata, a na puxóva-snjéžnaje scjudzjónaje hnjazdó.
      Here, however, having folded a sheepskin coat under himself for warmth, he sat down like a good hen, only not on a basket, but on a cotton-white cold nest.

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References

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  • квакуха” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org