прышчэпка

Belarusian

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(1) прышчэпка ад COVID-19
 
(2) прышчэпка вішні
 
(3) прышчэпка

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Etymology

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прышчапі́ць (pryščapícʹ, to transplant; to inoculate, to introduce a vaccine) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian прище́пка (priščépka).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prɨʂˈt͡ʂɛpka]

Noun

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прышчэ́пка (pryščépkaf inan (genitive прышчэ́пкі, nominative plural прышчэ́пкі, genitive plural прышчэ́пак, relational adjective прышчэ́пкавы)

  1. vaccine (a substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease)
    Synonym: вакцы́на (vakcýna)
    • 1941 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Уладзімір Ляўданскі, Коннік без галавы, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of The Headless Horseman, page 39:
      Што-ж датычыць арыстакратызма, то сам гаспадар надзелены ім у такой колькасці, што адна толькі яго прысутнасць будзе дзейнічаць накшталт прышчэпкі, якой хопіць на ўсіх гасцей.
      Što-ž datyčycʹ arystakratyzma, to sam haspadar nadzjeljeny im u takój kólʹkasci, što adna tólʹki jahó prysutnascʹ budzje dzjejničacʹ nakštalt pryščepki, jakój xópicʹ na ŭsix hascjej.
      [original: On the question of aristocracy, the host himself, if you’ll pardon a poor joke, is himself a host. He has enough of it to inoculate all the company that may be present;]
      (literally, “On the question of aristocratism, the host himself possesses so much of it, that his mere presence will function like a vaccine, that will be plentiful for all the guests.”)
  2. graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)
    Synonym: прышчэ́п (pryščép)
    • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, “Jak moj dziadźka pryščeplaŭ jabłyni”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilnia: Homan, page 147:
      Biez pryščepki ni jabłynia ni hruša nie daduć smačnych fruktoŭ. Pryščapić znače pryžywić da dzički halinku (čaranok) ad dobraho drewa.
      Without a graft, neither an apple tree nor a pear tree would yield tasty fruits. To graft means to transplant a branch (a stalk) from a good tree to a wild tree.
  3. clothes peg, clothespin (a clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying)

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