спяваць

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěvati. Cognate with Russian пева́ть (pevátʹ) and Ukrainian співа́ти (spiváty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʲpʲaˈvat͡sʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: спя‧ваць

Verb

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спява́ць (spjavácʹimpf (perfective заспява́ць)

  1. (intransitive) to sing (form musical sounds with the voice, perform vocal works)
  2. (intransitive, of birds) to cluck, whistle
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to read a poem
  4. (intransitive) to perform (an opera part, perform on stage, in the theater as a singer)
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) to be imbued with a sense of delight, excitement, joy
  6. (intransitive, figuratively, of a musical instrument) to sound melodically
  7. (transitive) to glorify, praise (someone, something in poems, songs)
  8. (intransitive, colloquial) to chatter (talk a lot about something, usually with a useful purpose)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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nouns

References

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