чарніла
Belarusian edit
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
чарні́ла • (čarníla) n inan (genitive чарні́ла, uncountable)
- ink (a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.)
- ink (the black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.)
- (colloquial, derogatory) bum wine (cheap wine of very low quality, sold solely for the purposes of intoxication)
- 2018, Сяргей Календа, Часам панкі паміраюць, Litres (2019), →ISBN, page 113:
- Невядома, хто яго так назва́ў, напэ́ўна, проста прыжылося ў народзе, але́ гэ́тае азначэ́ньне, «чарні́ла», я пачу́ў ад кагосьці са старшакля́сьнікаў і распавёў свайму́ ся́бру ў чароўны момант непасрэ́днага знаёмства зь віном...
- Njevjadóma, xto jahó tak nazváŭ, napéŭna, prósta pryžylósja ŭ naródzje, aljé hétaje aznačénʹnje, “čarníla”, ja pačúŭ ad kahósʹci sa staršakljásʹnikaŭ i raspavjóŭ svajmú sjábru ŭ čaróŭny mómant njepasrédnaha znajómstva zʹ vinóm...
- It isn't known, who named it that way. Probably it just caught on among the people, but I heard this definition «bum wine» from one of the upperclassmen and later passed this knowledge on to my friend during the fascinating moment of getting our first wine drinking experience...
Declension edit
Declension of чарні́ла (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)