мітусня

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Ukrainian метушня́ (metušnjá).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲituˈsʲnʲa]
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Noun

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мітусня́ (mitusnjáf inan (genitive мітусні́, uncountable)

  1. commotion (a state of turbulent motion)
  2. turmoil, stir (public disturbance)
    • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 183:
      Гендона адціснулі ад караля, і абодва яны згубіліся ў шуме і мітусні равучага чалавечага зборышча.
      Hjendóna adcisnuli ad karalja, i abódva jany zhubilisja ŭ šumje i mitusni ravučaha čalavječaha zbóryšča.
      [original: By this time Hendon and the king were hopelessly separated from each other and lost in the rush and turmoil of the roaring masses of humanity.]

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References

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