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лайдак

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Compare Polish łajdak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɫajˈdak]
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Noun

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лайда́к (lajdákm pers (genitive лайдака́, nominative plural лайдакі́, genitive plural лайдако́ў, feminine лайда́чка)

  1. lazybones, loafer, idler, slacker, sluggard
    Synonym: гульта́й (hulʹtáj)
    • 1913, Казімір Сваяк, Alkahol, Wilnia: Znicz, page 3:
      Nazywajem my ludziej, addanych pijatyce, — pjanicami, łajdakami.
      We label the people devoted to alcohol consumption as drunkards and slackers.
    • 1930, Kuźma Čorny, Лявон Бушмар, Менск: БДВ, page 9:
      Чалавек без работы ня можа доўга быць, хіба толькі спрадвечны лайдак, або каторы змалку ня прывык.
      Čalavjek bjez rabóty nja móža dóŭha bycʹ, xiba tólʹki spradvječny lajdak, abó katóry zmalku nja pryvyk.
      A person can't stay without work for a long time, unless he is a chronic slacker, or someone who hasn't been used to it since childhood.

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References

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