Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic дъхнꙋти (dŭxnuti), from Old Ruthenian тхнути (txnuti), from Proto-Slavic *dъxnǫti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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тхну́ць (txnúcʹimpf

  1. (transitive) to emit, to give off [with instrumental]
    • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, “Starec-hadawik”, in Pieršaja čytanka, Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 37:
      Tchnuło na ziamlu ściužaj i marozam. Pazamierzali reki.
      Cold and frost emitted all over the land. The rivers had frozen.
  2. (transitive) to give off smell
    • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, чаканні (1940).djvu/14 page 13:
      Нават калі я адчуваў сябе зусім добра, у мяне ўлівалі такую страшэнную колькасць гэтай вадкасці, у якасці ўмацавальнага сродку, што ад мяне тхнула — я сам гэта адчуваў — як ад толькі што асмоленага плота.
      Navat kali ja adčuvaŭ sjabje zusim dóbra, u mjanje ŭlivali takuju strašennuju kólʹkascʹ hetaj vadkasci, u jakasci ŭmacavalʹnaha sródku, što ad mjanje txnula — ja sam heta adčuvaŭ — jak ad tólʹki što asmóljenaha plóta.
      [original: At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence.]

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References

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “тхнути”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 85
  • тхнуць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • тхнуць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org