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працаваць

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian працовати (pracovati). Cognate with Polish pracować and Ukrainian працюва́ти (pracjuváty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prat͡saˈvat͡sʲ]
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Verb

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працава́ць (pracavácʹimpf (perfective папрацава́ць)

  1. (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.]
  2. (intransitive) to have a job

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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