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моцны

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See also: моцни

Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian моцный (mocnyj). By surface analysis, моц (moc) +‎ -ны (-ny).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmot͡snɨ]
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Adjective

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мо́цны (mócny)

  1. powerful, strong (possessing power, might, or strength)
    Antonym: слабы́ (slabý)
  2. strong (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 277:
      Малюнкі Эдзіт былі раскіданы па пакоі, бадай, у большай колькасці, чым звычайна, а Уітэрс, змардаваны паж, падаваў больш моцны чай.
      Maljunki Edzit byli raskidany pa pakói, badaj, u bólʹšaj kólʹkasci, čym zvyčajna, a Uiters, zmardavany paž, padavaŭ bolʹš mócny čaj.
      [original: Edith’s drawings were strewn about the room, a little more abundantly than usual perhaps; and Withers, the wan page, handed round a little stronger tea.]
  3. strong (having a high alcoholic content)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 305:
      Тым часам у кухні містэра Тутса Певень, якога чакае такі сюрпрыз, садзіць сваю дзюбу ў кубак моцнага піва і здзяўбае двухфунтовы біштэкс.
      Tym časam u kuxni mistera Tutsa Pjevjenʹ, jakóha čakaje taki sjurpryz, sadzicʹ svaju dzjubu ŭ kubak mócnaha piva i zdzjaŭbaje dvuxfuntóvy bišteks.
      [original: The so-much-to-be-astonished Chicken, in the meanwhile, dips his beak into a tankard of strong beer, in Mr. Toots’s kitchen, and pecks up two pounds of beefsteaks.]

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References

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 182
  • моцны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • моцны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org