гронка
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian кгроно (grono). Compare Polish grono and Ukrainian гро́но (hróno).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɣronka]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -onka
- Hyphenation: грон‧ка
Noun
гро́нка • (hrónka) f inan (genitive гро́нкі, nominative plural гро́нкі, genitive plural гро́нак, relational adjective гро́нкавы)
- bunch, cluster (a group of flowers, fruits or berries growing together on a single branch)
- 1937 [1719], Daniel Defoe, translated by Зяма Раманавіч Півавараў, edited by Janka Maŭr, Жыццё і дзіўныя небывалыя прыгоды Рабінзона Крузо [The life and astonishing adventures of Robinson Crusoe], Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Robinson Crusoe, page 78:
- Вінаградныя лозы віліся па ствалах дрэў і з іх віселі раскошныя спелыя гронкі ягад. Гэтая знаходка вельмі здзівіла мяне і ўзрадавала.
- Vinahradnyja lózy vilisja pa stvalax dreŭ i z ix visjeli raskóšnyja spjelyja hrónki jahad. Hetaja znaxódka vjelʹmi zdzivila mjanje i ŭzradavala.
- [original: The vines had spread, indeed, over the trees, and the clusters of grapes were just now in their prime, very ripe and rich. This was a surprising discovery, and I was exceeding glad of them;]
Declension
Declension of гро́нка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | гро́нка hrónka |
гро́нкі hrónki |
| genitive | гро́нкі hrónki |
гро́нак hrónak |
| dative | гро́нцы hróncy |
гро́нкам hrónkam |
| accusative | гро́нку hrónku |
гро́нкі hrónki |
| instrumental | гро́нкай, гро́нкаю hrónkaj, hrónkaju |
гро́нкамі hrónkami |
| locative | гро́нцы hróncy |
гро́нках hrónkax |
| count form | — | гро́нкі1 hrónki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “гронка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кгроно”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62
- “гронка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “гронка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org