хлёбаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• хляба́ць (xljabácʹ) — dialectal
• chlobać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хлѣбати (xlěbati), from Proto-Slavic *xlebati. Cognate with Slovene hlebati and Russian хлеба́ть (xlebátʹ), хлёбать (xljóbatʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxlʲobat͡sʲ]
• Rhymes: -obat͡sʲ

Verb

хлёбаць • (xljóbacʹ) impf (perfective хлёбнуць) (transitive, colloquial)

1. to gulp, to slurp (to drink in large gulps)

   хлёбаць чай ― xljóbacʹ čaj ― to slurp tea

2. to eat by spooning (a liquid dish)

   хлёбаць суп ― xljóbacʹ sup ― to eat soup (literally, “to slurp soup”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of хлёбаць (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	хлёбаць xljóbacʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	хлёбаючы xljóbajučy	хлёбаўшы xljóbaŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	хлёбаю xljóbaju	бу́ду хлёбаць búdu xljóbacʹ
2nd singular ты	хлёбаеш xljóbaješ	бу́дзеш хлёбаць búdzješ xljóbacʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	хлёбае xljóbaje	бу́дзе хлёбаць búdzje xljóbacʹ
1st plural мы	хлёбаем xljóbajem	бу́дзем хлёбаць búdzjem xljóbacʹ
2nd plural вы	хлёбаеце xljóbajecje	бу́дзеце хлёбаць búdzjecje xljóbacʹ
3rd plural яны́	хлёбаюць xljóbajucʹ	бу́дуць хлёбаць búducʹ xljóbacʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	хлёбай xljóbaj	хлёбайце xljóbajcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	хлёбаў xljóbaŭ	хлёбалі xljóbali
feminine я / ты / яна́	хлёбала xljóbala
neuter яно́	хлёбала xljóbala

Descendants

• → Yiddish: כליאָבען (khlyoben)

References

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