працаваць
Appearance
Belarusian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Ruthenian працовати (pracovati). Cognate with Polish pracować and Ukrainian працюва́ти (pracjuváty).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]працава́ць • (pracavácʹ) impf (perfective папрацава́ць)
- (intransitive) to work (physically or mentally)
- 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 42:
- Яе галава і клюшні працавалі над намі, і мы хісталіся, бы язык у зване. Сіла жывёлы павінна быць вялізнай.
- Jaje halava i kljušni pracavali nad nami, i my xistalisja, by jazyk u zvanje. Sila žyvjóly pavinna bycʹ vjaliznaj.
- [original: Its head and its great nippers were at work above us, and we still swayed like a clanging bell. The strength of the beast must have been enormous.]
- (intransitive) to have a job
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of працава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, intransitive)
imperfective aspect | ||
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infinitive | працава́ць pracavácʹ | |
participles | present tense | past tense |
active | — | — |
passive | — | — |
adverbial | працу́ючы pracújučy |
працава́ўшы pracaváŭšy |
present tense | future tense | |
1st singular я |
працу́ю pracúju |
бу́ду працава́ць búdu pracavácʹ |
2nd singular ты |
працу́еш pracúješ |
бу́дзеш працава́ць búdzješ pracavácʹ |
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
працу́е pracúje |
бу́дзе працава́ць búdzje pracavácʹ |
1st plural мы |
працу́ем pracújem |
бу́дзем працава́ць búdzjem pracavácʹ |
2nd plural вы |
працу́еце pracújecje |
бу́дзеце працава́ць búdzjecje pracavácʹ |
3rd plural яны́ |
працу́юць pracújucʹ |
бу́дуць працава́ць búducʹ pracavácʹ |
imperative | singular | plural |
second-person | працу́й pracúj |
працу́йце pracújcje |
past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
masculine я / ты / ён |
працава́ў pracaváŭ |
працава́лі pracaváli |
feminine я / ты / яна́ |
працава́ла pracavála | |
neuter яно́ |
працава́ла pracavála |
Derived terms
[edit]- працо́ўны (pracóŭny)
- працаўні́к (pracaŭník)
- распрацава́ць (raspracavácʹ)
References
[edit]- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “працовати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 485
- “працаваць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “працаваць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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- Belarusian terms derived from Old Ruthenian
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- Belarusian intransitive verbs
- Belarusian terms with quotations
- Belarusian class 2a verbs
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