чарніла

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• čarniła — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂarˈnʲiɫa]
• Rhymes: -iɫa
• Hyphenation: чар‧ні‧ла

Noun

чарні́ла • (čarníla) n inan (genitive чарні́ла, uncountable)

1. ink (a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.)
2. ink (the black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.)
3. (colloquial, derogatory) bum wine (cheap wine of very low quality, sold solely for the purposes of intoxication)
   • 2018, Сяргей Календа, Часам панкі паміраюць, Litres (2019), →ISBN, page 113:

     Невядома, хто яго так назва́ў, напэ́ўна, проста прыжылося ў народзе, але́ гэ́тае азначэ́ньне, «чарні́ла», я пачу́ў ад кагосьці са старшакля́сьнікаў і распавёў свайму́ ся́бру ў чароўны момант непасрэ́днага знаёмства зь віном...

     Njevjadóma, xto jahó tak nazváŭ, napéŭna, prósta pryžylósja ŭ naródzje, aljé hétaje aznačénʹnje, “čarníla”, ja pačúŭ ad kahósʹci sa staršakljásʹnikaŭ i raspavjóŭ svajmú sjábru ŭ čaróŭny mómant njepasrédnaha znajómstva zʹ vinóm...

     It isn't known, who named it that way. Probably it just caught on among the people, but I heard this definition «bum wine» from one of the upperclassmen and later passed this knowledge on to my friend during the fascinating moment of getting our first wine drinking experience...

Declension

Declension of чарні́ла (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	чарні́ла čarníla
genitive	чарні́ла čarníla
dative	чарні́лу čarnílu
accusative	чарні́ла čarníla
instrumental	чарні́лам čarnílam
locative	чарні́ле čarnílje

References

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