праца

See also: праця

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пра́ца (práca), from Old Polish praca, from Old Czech prácě, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. Cognate with Polish praca and Ukrainian пра́ця (prácja).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡sa]
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Noun

пра́ца • (práca) f inan (genitive пра́цы, nominative plural пра́цы, genitive plural прац or пра́цаў)

labor, toil, work (sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result)
- 1937 [1719], Daniel Defoe, translated by Зяма Раманавіч Півавараў, edited by Janka Maŭr, Жыццё і дзіўныя небывалыя прыгоды Рабінзона Крузо [The life and astonishing adventures of Robinson Crusoe], Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Robinson Crusoe, page 100:
  Можаце ўявіць, колькі працы мне каштавала паваліць гэтае дрэва.
  Móžacje ŭjavicʹ, kólʹki pracy mnje kaštavala pavalicʹ hetaje dreva.
  [original: It was not without infinite labour that I felled this tree;]
  You can imagine how much labour it cost me to fell this tree.
- 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 488:
  — Капітан Катль, — задуменна сказаў Уолтэр, калі яны стаялі ў дзвярах крамы, адпачываючы пасля працы і пазіраючы на знаёмую старую вуліцу, — было яшчэ вельмі рана, — увесь гэты час не было ніякіх вестак пра дзядзю Соля?
  — Kapitan Katlʹ, — zadumjenna skazaŭ Uólter, kali jany stajali ŭ dzvjarax kramy, adpačyvajučy paslja pracy i pazirajučy na znajómuju staruju vulicu, — byló jašče vjelʹmi rana, — uvjesʹ hety čas nje byló nijakix vjestak pra dzjadzju Sólja?
  [original: "Captain Cuttle," said Walter, musing, when they stood resting from their labours at the shop-door, looking down the old familiar street; it being still early in the morning; "nothing at all of Uncle Sol, in all that time!"]
essay, work (product; the result of effort, particularly a literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
Synonym: твор (tvor)
- 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 8:
  Ён выпытаў усё ў старога Сомэрвіля ў Зоолёгічным Інстытуце. Той паслаў яму маю дыплёмную працу аб акіянскіх крабах, і гэта вырашыла ўсё.
  Jon vypytaŭ usjó ŭ staróha Sómervilja ŭ Zooljohičnym Instytucje. Toj paslaŭ jamu maju dypljómnuju pracu ab akijanskix krabax, i heta vyrašyla ŭsjo.
  [original: He inquired from old Somerville of the Zoological Institute, who sent him my prize essay on the pelagic crabs, and that did the trick.]
employment, job, occupation, work (an economic role, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid)
Synonym: рабо́та (rabóta)
- 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 8:
  Ён зусім непадобны да чалавека сваёй самотнасьцю і адданасьцю працы.
  Jon zusim njepadóbny da čalavjeka svajój samótnasʹcju i addanasʹcju pracy.
  [original: He is inhuman in his isolation and his devotion to his work.]
function, operation

Declension

Declension of пра́ца (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пра́ца práca	пра́цы prácy
genitive	пра́цы prácy	прац, пра́цаў prac, prácaŭ
dative	пра́цы prácy	пра́цам prácam
accusative	пра́цу prácu	пра́цы prácy
instrumental	пра́цай, пра́цаю prácaj, prácaju	пра́цамі prácami
locative	пра́цы prácy	пра́цах prácax
count form	—	пра́цы¹ prácy¹

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

Derived terms

працава́ць (pracavácʹ)
працаві́ты (pracavíty)
працаздо́льнасць (pracazdólʹnascʹ)

References

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “праца”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 484
“праца”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
“праца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak práca, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. Cognate with Slovak práca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡sa]
Rhymes: -at͡sa
Hyphenation: пра‧ца

Noun

праца (praca) f (obsolete)

work
Synonym: робота (robota)

Declension

Declension of праца

	singular	plural
nominative	праца praca	праци praci
genitive	праци praci	працох pracox
dative	праци praci	працом pracom
accusative	працу pracu	праци praci
instrumental	працу pracu	працами pracami
locative	праци praci	працох pracox
vocative	працо praco	праци praci

Related terms

verbs

працовац impf (pracovac)

References

Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “праца”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Polish praca (via Polish praca, Old Ruthenian пра́ца (práca), Belarusian пра́ца (práca), or Ukrainian пра́ця (prácja)), from Old Czech prácě, from Proto-Slavic *porťa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡sə]

Noun

пра́ца • (práca) f inan (genitive пра́цы, nominative plural пра́цы, genitive plural прац)

(dialectal) work, labour
Synonyms: труд (trud), рабо́та (rabóta)

Declension

Declension of пра́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пра́ца práca	пра́цы prácy
genitive	пра́цы prácy	пра́ц prác
dative	пра́це práce	пра́цам prácam
accusative	пра́цу prácu	пра́цы prácy
instrumental	пра́цей, пра́цею prácej, práceju	пра́цами prácami
prepositional	пра́це práce	пра́цах prácax

Pre-reform declension of пра́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пра́ца práca	пра́цы prácy
genitive	пра́цы prácy	пра́цъ prác
dative	пра́цѣ prácě	пра́цамъ prácam
accusative	пра́цу prácu	пра́цы prácy
instrumental	пра́цей, пра́цею prácej, práceju	пра́цами prácami
prepositional	пра́цѣ prácě	пра́цахъ prácax

Derived terms

працова́ть (pracovátʹ)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “праца”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “праца”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1373