шруба

Belarusian

шрубы

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian шрубъ (šrub), from Middle High German schrūbe, possibly via Polish śruba. Compare Russian шуру́п (šurúp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂruba]

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Noun

шру́ба • (šrúba) f inan (genitive шру́бы, nominative plural шру́бы, genitive plural шруб)

1. bolt (metal fastener)
   • 1925, Jakub Kołas, “На жалезнай дарозе”, in Крок за крокам, Minsk: ДВБ, page 35:

     Часта бегаў ён на жалезную дарогу паглядзець, як яго бацька падмятае, чысьціць палатно дарогі, як прабуе, ці крэпка сядзяць на шрубах гайкі.

     Časta bjehaŭ jon na žaljeznuju daróhu pahljadzjecʹ, jak jahó bacʹka padmjataje, čysʹcicʹ palatnó daróhi, jak prabuje, ci krepka sjadzjacʹ na šrubax hajki.

     He often ran to the railway to watch his father sweeping and cleaning the tracks, as well as checking whether the nuts were firmly fastened on the bolts.

2. screw (metal fastener)
   • 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 12:

     Там была чатырохкутная драўляная пляцформа са шрубамі ў кожным куту. Значыць, яна здымалася.

     Tam byla čatyróxkutnaja draŭljanaja pljacfórma sa šrubami ŭ kóžnym kutu. Značycʹ, jana zdymalasja.

     [original: There was a square wooden platform there, with projecting screws at each corner which showed that it was detachable.]

     There was a square wooden platform there, with screws at each corner. This meant it was detachable.

Declension

Declension of шру́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	шру́ба šrúba	шру́бы šrúby
genitive	шру́бы šrúby	шруб šrub
dative	шру́бе šrúbje	шру́бам šrúbam
accusative	шру́бу šrúbu	шру́бы šrúby
instrumental	шру́бай, шру́баю šrúbaj, šrúbaju	шру́бамі šrúbami
locative	шру́бе šrúbje	шру́бах šrúbax
count form	—	шру́бы1 šrúby1

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

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “шрубъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 179
• “шруба”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “шруба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org