парсюк

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• parsiuk — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *porsę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [parˈsʲuk]

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Noun

парсю́к • (parsjúk) m animal (genitive парсюка́, nominative plural парсюкі́, genitive plural парсюко́ў, diminutive парсючо́к)

1. barrow (castrated male domestic pig)

   Synonyms: каба́н (kabán), кны́р (knýr)

   • 1916, “Chruńka”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 137:

     Samca damowaj świńni nazywajuć parsiukom, kabanom i knurom;

     Male domestic pig is called barrow, boar or hog;

   • 1928, Kuźma Čorny, Зямля, Менск: ДВБ, page 301:

     Чаго, пудоў каля сямі парсюк быў.

     Čahó, pudóŭ kalja sjami parsjuk byŭ.

     What'd you say, the barrow's weight was around two hundred and fifty pounds.

     (literally, “What'd you say, the barrow's weight was around seven poods”)

2. (figuratively, derogatory) pig

Declension

Declension of парсю́к (anml velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	парсю́к parsjúk	парсюкі́ parsjukí
genitive	парсюка́ parsjuká	парсюко́ў parsjukóŭ
dative	парсюку́ parsjukú	парсюка́м parsjukám
accusative	парсюка́ parsjuká	парсюко́ў parsjukóŭ
instrumental	парсюко́м parsjukóm	парсюка́мі parsjukámi
locative	парсюку́ parsjukú	парсюка́х parsjukáx
count form	—	парсюкі́1 parsjukí1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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