прышчэпка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

pryščepka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

прышчапі́ць (pryščapícʹ, “to transplant; to inoculate, to introduce a vaccine”) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian прище́пка (priščépka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [prɨʂˈt͡ʂɛpka]

Noun

прышчэ́пка • (pryščépka) f inan (genitive прышчэ́пкі, nominative plural прышчэ́пкі, genitive plural прышчэ́пак, relational adjective прышчэ́пкавы)

vaccine (a substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease)
Synonym: вакцы́на (vakcýna)
- 1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 39:
  Што-ж датычыць арыстакратызма, то сам гаспадар надзелены ім у такой колькасці, што адна толькі яго прысутнасць будзе дзейнічаць накшталт прышчэпкі, якой хопіць на ўсіх гасцей.
  Što-ž datyčycʹ arystakratyzma, to sam haspadar nadzjeljeny im u takój kólʹkasci, što adna tólʹki jahó prysutnascʹ budzje dzjejničacʹ nakštalt pryščepki, jakój xópicʹ na ŭsix hascjej.
  [original: On the question of aristocracy, the host himself, if you’ll pardon a poor joke, is himself a host. He has enough of it to inoculate all the company that may be present;]
  (literally, “On the question of aristocratism, the host himself possesses so much of it, that his mere presence will function like a vaccine, that will be plentiful for all the guests.”)
graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)
Synonym: прышчэ́п (pryščép)
- 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, “Jak moj dziadźka pryščeplaŭ jabłyni”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilnia: Homan, page 147:
  Biez pryščepki ni jabłynia ni hruša nie daduć smačnych fruktoŭ. Pryščapić znače pryžywić da dzički halinku (čaranok) ad dobraho drewa.
  Without a graft, neither an apple tree nor a pear tree would yield tasty fruits. To graft means to transplant a branch (a stalk) from a good tree to a wild tree.
clothes peg, clothespin (a clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying)

Declension

Declension of прышчэ́пка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	прышчэ́пка pryščépka	прышчэ́пкі pryščépki
genitive	прышчэ́пкі pryščépki	прышчэ́пак pryščépak
dative	прышчэ́пцы pryščépcy	прышчэ́пкам pryščépkam
accusative	прышчэ́пку pryščépku	прышчэ́пкі pryščépki
instrumental	прышчэ́пкай, прышчэ́пкаю pryščépkaj, pryščépkaju	прышчэ́пкамі pryščépkami
locative	прышчэ́пцы pryščépcy	прышчэ́пках pryščépkax
count form	—	прышчэ́пкі¹ pryščépki¹

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

References

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