каштаваць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• kaštavać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kosztować, in both senses. By surface analysis, кошт (košt) +‎ -аваць (-avacʹ). Compare Russian коштова́ть (koštovátʹ) and Ukrainian коштувати (koštuvaty), куштува́ти (kuštuváty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaʂtaˈvat͡sʲ]

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• Rhymes: -at͡sʲ

Verb

каштава́ць • (kaštavácʹ) impf

1. (intransitive) to cost, to be worth

   до́рага каштава́ць ― dóraha kaštavácʹ ― to cost a lot (literally, “to cost expensive”)

   Ко́лькі кашту́е?

   Kólʹki kaštúje?

   How much does it cost?

   • 1892 [1878], Szymon Dickstein, translated by Напалеон Чарноцкі and Антон Ражаў, Dziadźka Anton, Tilsit, translation of Ojciec Szymon, page 4:

     Toż skażu ja wam szczyruju praûdu, szto jak pan wyhanić u browary wiadro wodki, to jana jamu kasztuje 10 złotych jakich, u błahi hod — 12 złotych; heta znaczycsa i za muku i za drowy i za rabotu i winniku: usim zapłacić.

     I'll also tell you the sincere truth, that when the master brews a bucket of vodka in a brewery, it costs him merely 10 zlotys, in a bad year — 12 zlotys; namely for the flour and for the firewood and for the labor and the distiller's wages: to pay to everyone.

Conjugation

Conjugation of каштава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, intransitive)

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

imperfective aspect
infinitive	каштава́ць kaštavácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	кашту́ючы kaštújučy	каштава́ўшы kaštaváŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	кашту́ю kaštúju	бу́ду каштава́ць búdu kaštavácʹ
2nd singular ты	кашту́еш kaštúješ	бу́дзеш каштава́ць búdzješ kaštavácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	кашту́е kaštúje	бу́дзе каштава́ць búdzje kaštavácʹ
1st plural мы	кашту́ем kaštújem	бу́дзем каштава́ць búdzjem kaštavácʹ
2nd plural вы	кашту́еце kaštújecje	бу́дзеце каштава́ць búdzjecje kaštavácʹ
3rd plural яны́	кашту́юць kaštújucʹ	бу́дуць каштава́ць búducʹ kaštavácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	кашту́й kaštúj	кашту́йце kaštújcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	каштава́ў kaštaváŭ	каштава́лі kaštaváli
feminine я / ты / яна́	каштава́ла kaštavála
neuter яно́	каштава́ла kaštavála

Derived terms

• кашто́ўнасць (kaštóŭnascʹ, “value”)
• кашто́ўны (kaštóŭny, “valuable, precious”)

 

Related terms

• каштары́с (kaštarýs, “estimate”)
• каштары́сны (kaštarýsny, “estimated”)

 

Verb

каштава́ць • (kaštavácʹ) impf (perfective скаштава́ць or пакаштава́ць)

1. (transitive) to taste, to sample

   каштава́ць я́блык ― kaštavácʹ jáblyk ― to taste an apple

   каштава́ць стра́ву ― kaštavácʹ strávu ― to taste a dish

   • 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, Востраў скарбаў, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 4:

     Ром яму падалі, і ён з выглядам знаўцы прыняўся, не спяшаючыся, каштаваць кожны глыток. Піў і паглядваў то на скалы, то на карчмовую шыльду.

     Rom jamu padali, i jon z vyhljadam znaŭcy prynjaŭsja, nje spjašajučysja, kaštavacʹ kóžny hlytók. Piŭ i pahljadvaŭ to na skaly, to na karčmóvuju šylʹdu.

     [original: This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste, and still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard.]

     (literally, “Rum was brought to him. And, looking as if he were an expert, he started to taste every sip at a leisurely pace. He was drinking while casting glances at the cliffs and at the pub's signboard.”)

2. (transitive, figurative) to feel, to experience

Conjugation

Conjugation of каштава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, transitive)

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

imperfective aspect
infinitive	каштава́ць kaštavácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	кашту́ючы kaštújučy	каштава́ўшы kaštaváŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	кашту́ю kaštúju	бу́ду каштава́ць búdu kaštavácʹ
2nd singular ты	кашту́еш kaštúješ	бу́дзеш каштава́ць búdzješ kaštavácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	кашту́е kaštúje	бу́дзе каштава́ць búdzje kaštavácʹ
1st plural мы	кашту́ем kaštújem	бу́дзем каштава́ць búdzjem kaštavácʹ
2nd plural вы	кашту́еце kaštújecje	бу́дзеце каштава́ць búdzjecje kaštavácʹ
3rd plural яны́	кашту́юць kaštújucʹ	бу́дуць каштава́ць búducʹ kaštavácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	кашту́й kaštúj	кашту́йце kaštújcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	каштава́ў kaštaváŭ	каштава́лі kaštaváli
feminine я / ты / яна́	каштава́ла kaštavála
neuter яно́	каштава́ла kaštavála

Derived terms

• пакаштава́ць (pakaštavácʹ)
• скаштава́ць (skaštavácʹ)

 

Related terms

• каштава́нне (kaštavánnje, “a taste”)
• каштава́ны (kaštavány, “tasted”)

 

References

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