гніць

• гні́сці (hnísci)
• hnić — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian гнити (hniti), from Proto-Slavic *gňiti. Compare Polish gnić, Russian гнить (gnitʹ) and Ukrainian гни́ти (hnýty).

• IPA^(key): [ɣnʲit͡sʲ]

гніць • (hnicʹ) impf (perfective згніць)

1. (intransitive) to rot, to putrefy, to go bad, to decay, to decompose (to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria)
   • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, pages 77-78:

     Časam doždž lije ŭzapar niekolki hadzin, a to niekolki dzion, i hetki doždž može paškodzić zbožžu i harodninie. Jany pačnuć hnić.

     Sometimes the rain pours for several hours, or even several days, and such rain can damage crops and vegetables. They will start to rot.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to rot, to decay, to deteriorate (to decline in function or utility)

   Synonyms: занепада́ць (zanjepadácʹ), разлага́цца (razlahácca)

   • 1982 January, Полымя‎^[1], Minsk:

     Можаце мяне за гэта на смерць засудзіць, але факт астаецца фактам, што капіталізм гніе, раскладаецца і на змену яму прыйдзе новая, сацыялістычная сістэма.

     Móžacje mjanje za heta na smjercʹ zasudzicʹ, alje fakt astajecca faktam, što kapitalizm hnije, raskladajecca i na zmjenu jamu pryjdzje nóvaja, sacyjalistyčnaja sistema.

     You can sentence me to death for this, but the fact remains that capitalism is rotting, decaying, and it will be replaced by a new, socialist system.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rot (to spend a long period of time in an unpleasant place or state)
   • 1932, Kuźma Čorny, Бацькаўшчына, Minsk: ДВБ, page 67:

     А за што я ваяваць буду? За што я галаву сваю складаць буду, за што я гніць у акопах буду?

     A za što ja vajavacʹ budu? Za što ja halavu svaju skladacʹ budu, za što ja hnicʹ u akópax budu?

     And what will I fight for? For what will I lay down my life? For what will I rot in the trenches?

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “гнити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 13
• “гніць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "гнісці" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum