шчуплы
Belarusian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Ruthenian щуплый (ščuplyj), from Old East Slavic щуплъ (ščuplŭ, “weak, pathetic”), from Proto-Slavic *ščuplъ. Compare Polish szczupły, Russian щуплый (ščuplyj), Ukrainian щу́плий (ščúplyj, “skinny, unattractive”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editшчу́плы • (ščúply) (comparative шчупле́йшы, diminutive шчу́пленькі)
- skinny, meagre (having little flesh; lean; thin)
- 1912, Кандрат Лейка, “Taklusia-suchotnica”, in Zbornik «Našaj Niwy», number 2, Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 13:
- Choć na ŭzhlad Taklusia pakazwajecca ščupłaju i błahoju, ale na ŭsim siale ličycca pieršaju rabotnicaju, wielmi zdatnaju da ŭsiakaj haspadarskaj sprawy.
- Even though Taklusia has a meagre and bad appearance, she is considered to be the best worker in the whole village, very skilled for any household chores.
- 1939 [1906], Jack London, Белы клык, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 125:
- Ён быў на рэдкасць уродлівы. Прырода паскупілася для яго. Перш за ўсё, ён быў маленькага росту, а на яго шчуплым целе сядзела малюсенькая галава, якая звужалася кверху.
- Jon byŭ na redkascʹ uródlivy. Pryróda paskupilasja dlja jahó. Pjerš za ŭsjo, jon byŭ maljenʹkaha róstu, a na jahó ščuplym cjelje sjadzjela maljusjenʹkaja halava, jakaja zvužalasja kvjerxu.
- [original: He was preëminently unbeautiful. Nature had been niggardly with him. He was a small man to begin with; and upon his meagre frame was deposited an even more strikingly meagre head. Its apex might be likened to a point.]
- (literally, “He was extraordinarily ugly. Nature had been stingy with him. He had a small height to begin with, and upon his meagre frame was sitting a tiny head, which was narrowing at the top.”)
Declension
editDeclension of шчу́плы (hard)
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
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nominative | шчу́плы ščúply |
шчу́плае ščúplaje |
шчу́плая ščúplaja |
шчу́плыя ščúplyja | |
genitive | шчу́плага ščúplaha |
шчу́плай ščúplaj |
шчу́плых ščúplyx | ||
dative | шчу́пламу ščúplamu |
шчу́плай ščúplaj |
шчу́плым ščúplym | ||
accusative | animate | шчу́плага ščúplaha |
шчу́плае ščúplaje |
шчу́плую ščúpluju |
шчу́плых ščúplyx |
inanimate | шчу́плы ščúply |
шчу́плыя ščúplyja | |||
instrumental | шчу́плым ščúplym |
шчу́плай, шчу́плаю ščúplaj, ščúplaju |
шчу́плымі ščúplymi | ||
locative | шчу́плым ščúplym |
шчу́плай ščúplaj |
шчу́плых ščúplyx |
References
edit- “шчуплы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “шчуплы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щуплый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 251
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