чыстка

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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чы́сціць (čýscicʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Polish czystka, Russian чи́стка (čístka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чы́стка (čýstkaf inan (genitive чы́сткі, nominative plural чы́сткі, genitive plural чы́стак)

  1. verbal noun of чы́сціць (čýscicʹ): cleaning, clean-up
    Ко́ней трэ́ба было́ пераве́сці ў запасны́я ста́йні, каб зрабі́ць генера́льную прыбо́рку, пабе́лку, чы́стку.
    Kónjej tréba byló pjeravjésci ŭ zapasnýja stájni, kab zrabícʹ hjenjerálʹnuju prybórku, pabjélku, čýstku.
    The horses had to be moved to spare stables for general cleaning, whitewashing, and cleaning.
  2. (figurative, politics) purge
    Чы́стка патрэ́бна. З некато́рымі рабо́тнікамі пры́йдзецца развіта́цца.
    Čýstka patrébna. Z njekatórymi rabótnikami prýjdzjecca razvitácca.
    A purge is necessary. We will have to say goodbye to some workers.
  3. Clipping of хімчы́стка (ximčýstka, dry-cleaning).

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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