Belarusian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ДЗОТ (DZOT), an initialism of де́рево-земляна́я огнева́я то́чка (dérevo-zemljanája ognevája tóčka, literally wood-earth firing point).

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Noun

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дзот (dzotm inan (genitive дзо́та, nominative plural дзо́ты, genitive plural дзо́таў)

  1. (military) pillbox; bunker; wood and earthen weapon emplacement
    • 1952, Ivan Melezh, Мінскі напрамак [The Minsk Line of Advance]:
      Ім трэ́ба было́ непрыкме́тна падабра́цца і, калі́ Ермако́ў пачне́ штурм паўста́нка, закі́даць дзот грана́тамі, прыму́сіць яго́ сці́хнуць.
      Im tréba byló njeprykmjétna padabrácca i, kalí Jermakóŭ pačnjé šturm paŭstánka, zakídacʹ dzot hranátami, prymúsicʹ jahó scíxnucʹ.
      They had to get closer to the pillbox without getting noticed and, when Jermakoŭ were due to start an assault on the halt, shower the pillbox with grenades to suppress it.

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References

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