маланка
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Ruthenian молоньꙗ (molonʹja) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *mъldni (“lightning”). Compare dialectal Russian молонья (molonʹja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈɫanka]
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Noun
мала́нка • (malánka) f inan (genitive мала́нкі, nominative plural мала́нкі, genitive plural мала́нак)
- lightning bolt, lightning (weather phenomenon)
- Synonym: бліскаві́ца (bliskavíca)
- zipper (a zip fastener)
- Hypernym: за́сцежка (záscježka)
- 2023 [2018], Sally Rooney, translated by Ганна Янкута, Нармальныя людзі[1], Янушкевіч, translation of Normal People, →ISBN:
- Мэрыян нахмурылася, кладучы расчоску ў кішэню чамадана і зашпільваючы яе на маланку.
- Meryjan naxmurylasja, kladučy rasčósku ŭ kišenju čamadana i zašpilʹvajučy jaje na malanku.
- [original: Marianne frowned, zipping a hairbrush into the pocket of her suitcase.]
- (literally, “Marianne frowned, putting a hairbrush into the pocket of a suitcase and fastening its zipper.”)
- (archaic) urgent telegram (a message transmitted by telegraph)
- Hypernym: тэлегра́ма (teljehráma)
- (archaic) wall newspaper issued to address something urgent
- Hypernym: насценгазе́та (nascjenhazjéta)
Declension
Declension of мала́нка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мала́нка malánka |
мала́нкі malánki |
| genitive | мала́нкі malánki |
мала́нак malának |
| dative | мала́нцы maláncy |
мала́нкам malánkam |
| accusative | мала́нку malánku |
мала́нкі malánki |
| instrumental | мала́нкай, мала́нкаю malánkaj, malánkaju |
мала́нкамі malánkami |
| locative | мала́нцы maláncy |
мала́нках malánkax |
| count form | — | мала́нкі1 malánki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “маланка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “маланка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молонья”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 137