паводле

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• pavodle — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Compare Polish wedle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈvodlʲe]

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Preposition

паво́дле • (pavódlje)

1. according to (in a manner conforming or corresponding to)

   Synonym: зго́дна (zhódna)

   • 1934 [1820], Walter Scott, translated by Іван Гарбуз, Айвенго, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Ivanhoe, page 10:

     Паважны прэлат ехаў верхам на сытым муле з пароды інаходцаў; збруя была ўпрыгожана, наколькі магчыма, а вуздэчка, паводле звычаю тых часоў, абвешана срэбнымі званочкамі.

     Pavažny prelat jexaŭ vjerxam na sytym mulje z paródy inaxódcaŭ; zbruja byla ŭpryhóžana, nakólʹki mahčyma, a vuzdečka, pavódlje zvyčaju tyx časóŭ, abvješana srebnymi zvanóčkami.

     [original: This worthy churchman rode upon a well-fed ambling mule, whose furniture was highly decorated, and whose bridle, according to the fashion of the day, was ornamented with silver bells.]

   • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 91:

     І што-ж, небарака, цябе пабілі паводле абяцання?

     I što-ž, njebaraka, cjabje pabili pavódlje abjacannja?

     [original: And hast thou been beaten, poor friend, according to the promise?]

References

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “водле”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 80
• “паводле”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “паводле” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org