крэсла

See also: кресла

Belarusian

(1) крэсла

(2) крэсла

Alternative forms

• kresła — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian крѣсло (krěslo), from Proto-Slavic *krěslo. Compare Polish krzesło, Russian кре́сло (kréslo) and Ukrainian крі́сло (kríslo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛsɫa]

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Noun

крэ́сла • (krésla) n inan (genitive крэ́сла, nominative plural крэ́слы, genitive plural крэ́сел or крэ́слаў)

1. chair (an item of furniture used to sit on, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person)
   • 1892 [1834], Аляксандр Ельскі, Pan Tadeusz, Lviv: U drukarni ludówaj pod upr. St. Baỳlaho, translation of Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz (in Polish), page 9; English translation from George Rapall Noyes, transl., Pan Tadeusz, 1917:

     Tuż i sukiеnka bieła, swiеża z kałkà zniata / I da ubrannia, na kresła parenczu razpiata.

     [original: Tuż i sukienka biała, świeżo s kołka zdjęta / Do ubrania, na krzesła poręczu rospięta.]

     There too, a white gown, freshly taken from the hook to put on, was spread upon the arm of a chair.

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 494:

     Містэр Тутс сказаў гэта зусім не разумеючы, аб чым ён гаворыць, сеў на крэсла і пачаў паглядаць на Фларэнс, прычым твар яго выказваў самую жорсткую барацьбу паміж зачараваннем і роспаччу.

     Mister Tuts skazaŭ heta zusim nje razumjejučy, ab čym jon havórycʹ, sjeŭ na kresla i pačaŭ pahljadacʹ na Flarens, pryčym tvar jahó vykazvaŭ samuju žórstkuju baracʹbu pamiž začaravannjem i róspačču.

     [original: Mr. Toots said this without the least notion of what he was talking about, and sat down on a chair, staring at Florence with the liveliest contention of delight and despair going on in his face that any face could exhibit.]

2. armchair, easy chair (a comfortable chair, often well upholstered)

   Synonym: фатэ́ль (fatélʹ)

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 331:

     У крэсле сядзіць містэр Каркер-загадчык.

     U kreslje sjadzicʹ mister Karkjer-zahadčyk.

     [original: It is Mr. Carker the Manager who sits in the easy chair.]

Usage notes

• The difference between senses can be often guessed by looking at the used preposition:
  • на - hints a simple rugged chair
  • у - hints a soft comfortable armchair

Declension

Declension of крэ́сла (inan hard neut-form accent-a mixed-reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	крэ́сла krésla	крэ́слы krésly
genitive	крэ́сла krésla	крэ́сел, крэ́слаў krésjel, kréslaŭ
dative	крэ́слу kréslu	крэ́слам kréslam
accusative	крэ́сла krésla	крэ́слы krésly
instrumental	крэ́слам kréslam	крэ́сламі kréslami
locative	крэ́сле kréslje	крэ́слах kréslax
count form	—	крэ́слы1 krésly1

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

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кресло”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 116
• “крэсла”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “крэсла” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org