у свинячий голос

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• у свини́й го́лос (u svynýj hólos)

Etymology

Compare antonymous English in a pig's whisper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u sʋeˈnʲat͡ʃei̯ ˈɦɔɫɔs]

Adverb

у свиня́чий го́лос • (u svynjáčyj hólos)

1. late, tardily (literally: in a pig's voice)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “свини́й го́лос”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “го́лос”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “го́лос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN