навокал
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- наво́кала (navókala), навако́л (navakól), навако́ла (navakóla), во́кал (vókal), вако́л (vakól), вако́ла (vakóla), во́кала (vókala), уко́ла (ukóla), наўко́л (naŭkól), наўко́ла (naŭkóla) — common alternative forms
- navokal, navokał, nawokał — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo. Related to Russian о́коло (ókolo). Compare also Polish naokoło.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]наво́кал • (navókal)
- around (in a circle)
- all around, from all sides
- На́да мно́ю блакі́тны шацёр, А наво́кал — лясы́ і лясы́.
- Náda mnóju blakítny šacjór, A navókal — ljasý i ljasý.
- Above me is a blue tent, and all around (me) are forests and forests.
Preposition
[edit]наво́кал • (navókal)
- around [with genitive] (from all sides - spatial relation)
- Наво́кал ры́начнай пло́шчы стая́ць драўля́ныя і на́ват цагля́ныя дамы́.
- Navókal rýnačnaj plóščy stajácʹ draŭljányja i návat cahljányja damý.
- There are wooden and even brick houses around the market square.
- (figurative) around [with genitive] (about, surrounding)
- Гу́тарка ўвесь час вяла́ся наво́кал старшыні́.
- Hútarka ŭvjesʹ čas vjalásja navókal staršyní.
- The conversation revolved around the chairman the whole time.
See also
[edit]- каля́ (kaljá)
- навако́лле (navakóllje, “neighbourhood”)
References
[edit]- “навокал” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “навокал”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
Categories:
- Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Belarusian/okaɫ
- Rhymes:Belarusian/okaɫ/3 syllables
- Belarusian terms with audio pronunciation
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian adverbs
- Belarusian terms with usage examples
- Belarusian prepositions