чуць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• czuć — obsolete
• čuć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂut͡sʲ]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čuti. Cognate with Polish czuć and Ukrainian чу́ти (čúty).

Verb

чуць • (čucʹ) impf (perfective учу́ць or ўчуць)

1. to hear
2. to feel, to sense

   Synonym: адчува́ць (adčuvácʹ)

   • 1913, “Czamu pot i ślozy salonyje?”, in Biełarus, number 7, page 8:

     Sol jość ŭsiudy, tolki małymi czastkami i dziela hetaho my czujem niekali patrebu niekatoryje reczy prysalić bolej.

     Salt is present everywhere, but only in small proportions, and because of this, we sometimes feel the need to salt certain things more.

   • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 265:

     — Гэта яе бацька. Відаць, ён горкі п'яніца, — гаварыў Герберт усміхаючыся. — Аднак, я ніколі яго не бачыў. Чуеш пах рому? Ён з ім не расстаецца.

     — Heta jaje bacʹka. Vidacʹ, jon hórki pʺjanica, — havaryŭ Hjerbjert usmixajučysja. — Adnak, ja nikóli jahó nje bačyŭ. Čuješ pax rómu? Jon z im nje rasstajecca.

     [original: “I am afraid he is a sad old rascal,” said Herbert, smiling, “but I have never seen him. Don't you smell rum? He is always at it.”]

     “That's her father. Apparently, he is a hopeless drunkard,” said Herbert, smiling, “but I have never seen him. Do you sense the smell of rum? He is always at it.”

3. to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of чуць (class 12a, imperfective, transitive)

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

imperfective aspect
infinitive	чуць čucʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	чу́ты čúty
adverbial	чу́ючы čújučy	чу́ўшы čúŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	чу́ю čúju	бу́ду чу́ць búdu čúcʹ
2nd singular ты	чу́еш čúješ	бу́дзеш чу́ць búdzješ čúcʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	чу́е čúje	бу́дзе чу́ць búdzje čúcʹ
1st plural мы	чу́ем čújem	бу́дзем чу́ць búdzjem čúcʹ
2nd plural вы	чу́еце čújecje	бу́дзеце чу́ць búdzjecje čúcʹ
3rd plural яны́	чу́юць čújucʹ	бу́дуць чу́ць búducʹ čúcʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	чуй čuj	чу́йце čújcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	чуў čuŭ	чу́лі čúli
feminine я / ты / яна́	чу́ла čúla
neuter яно́	чу́ла čúla

Derived terms

• чу́тны (čútny)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Russian чуть (čutʹ).

Adverb

чуць • (čucʹ)

1. a little, slightly

   Synonyms: ледзь (ljedzʹ), тро́хі (tróxi)

2. barely

   Synonyms: як толькі (jak tólʹki), ледзь толькі (ljedzʹ tólʹki)

Derived terms

• чуць не (čucʹ nje)
• чуць што (čucʹ što)
• чуць-чуць (čucʹ-čucʹ)

 

References

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