футра

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Alternative forms

ху́тра (xútra) — obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian фу́тро (fútro). Compare Polish futro and Ukrainian ху́тро (xútro).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfutra]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -utra
Hyphenation: фут‧ра

Noun

фу́тра • (fútra) n inan (genitive фу́тра, nominative plural фу́тры, genitive plural фу́траў, relational adjective фу́травы or футро́вы)

(uncountable) fur, wool (hairy coating of various mammal species, as observed on living individuals)
Synonyms: шэрсць (šerscʹ), по́ўсць (póŭscʹ)
- 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 127:
  Замест густой футры цела іх пакрывала кароткая шэрсць, а у некаторых скура была зусім гладкая. І ні адзін з гэтых сабак не умеў біцца.
  Zamjest hustój futry cjela ix pakryvala karótkaja šerscʹ, a u njekatóryx skura byla zusim hladkaja. I ni adzin z hetyx sabak nje umjeŭ bicca.
  [original: They had hair instead of fur, and a few had very little hair at that. And none of them knew how to fight.]
  Instead of thick fur, their bodies were covered with short hair, and the skin of a few was completely smooth. And none of these dogs knew how to fight.
(countable) fur, pelt (a furry hide taken from a dead animal)
Synonym: шку́ра (škúra)
(uncountable) fur (furry animal hides as a material for clothing production)
- 2023 July 21, “Мытнікі затрымалі на мяжы амаль паўтысячы шыншылавых скурак”, in Naša Niva‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-07-22:
  Футра шыншыл належыць да разраду вельмі каштоўных і дарагіх, бо яно мяккае і амаль бязважкае.
  Futra šynšyl nalježycʹ da razradu vjelʹmi kaštóŭnyx i darahix, bo janó mjakkaje i amalʹ bjazvažkaje.
  Chinchilla fur belongs to the category of very precious and expensive materials because it is soft and almost weightless.
(countable) fur coat (an outer garment for the upper body made of furry animal hides)
Synonym: шу́ба (šúba)
- 2023 July 21, “Мытнікі затрымалі на мяжы амаль паўтысячы шыншылавых скурак”, in Naša Niva‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-07-22:
  Футры з шыншыл дарагія, бо на адзін выраб сыходзіць да 100 скурак.
  Futry z šynšyl darahija, bo na adzin vyrab syxódzicʹ da 100 skurak.
  Chinchilla fur coats are expensive because up to 100 pelts are needed to produce a single garment.

Declension

Declension of фу́тра (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	фу́тра fútra	фу́тры fútry
genitive	фу́тра fútra	фу́траў fútraŭ
dative	фу́тру fútru	фу́трам fútram
accusative	фу́тра fútra	фу́тры fútry
instrumental	фу́трам fútram	фу́трамі fútrami
locative	фу́тры fútry	фу́трах fútrax
count form	—	фу́тры¹ fútry¹

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

References

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “футра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 42
Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “футро”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 42
“футра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
"футра" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum