кумпяк

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• kumpiak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian kumpis + -як (-jak). Alternatively, from Polish kumpiak, ultimately from the same Lithuanian term, or conversely Belarusian may have lent the word to Polish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kumˈpʲak]
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

кумпя́к • (kumpják) m inan (genitive кумпяка́, nominative plural кумпякі́, genitive plural кумпяко́ў, relational adjective кумпя́чны)

1. ham

   Synonym: шы́нка (šýnka)

   вэ́ндзіць кумпякі́ ― véndzicʹ kumpjakí ― to smoke hams

2. (anatomy) thigh, hip

   Synonym: бядро́ (bjadró)

   • 1940, Jakub Kołas, “Соцкі падвёў”, in Апавяданні, Мінск, page 4:

     Пры гэ́тым ура́днік аж засмяя́ўся сам сабе́ і ля́снуў рука́мі па сваі́х то́ўстых кумпяка́х.

     Pry hétym urádnik až zasmjajáŭsja sam sabjé i ljásnuŭ rukámi pa svaíx tóŭstyx kumpjakáx.

     While at it, the official even laughed to himself and clapped his hands on his thick thighs.

Declension

Declension of кумпя́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	кумпя́к kumpják	кумпякі́ kumpjakí
genitive	кумпяка́ kumpjaká	кумпяко́ў kumpjakóŭ
dative	кумпяку́ kumpjakú	кумпяка́м kumpjakám
accusative	кумпя́к kumpják	кумпякі́ kumpjakí
instrumental	кумпяко́м kumpjakóm	кумпяка́мі kumpjakámi
locative	кумпяку́ kumpjakú	кумпяка́х kumpjakáx
count form	—	кумпякі́1 kumpjakí1

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• кумпя́чны (kumpjáčny)

 

Descendants

• →? Polish: kumpiak
• → Russian: (dialectal) кумпя́к (kumpják)

References

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