смурод
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- smurod — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smȏrdъ. Cognate with Polish smród, Russian смра́д (smrád) and Ukrainian смо́рід (smórid).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [smuˈrot]
- Rhymes: -ot
- Hyphenation: сму‧род
Noun
смуро́д • (smuród) m inan (genitive смуро́ду, uncountable)
- stench, stink (a strong foul smell)
- 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 100:
- Смала пузырамі выступіла ў шчылінах. Навокал у паветры стаяў такі смурод ад балотных выпарэнняў, што мне зрабілася моташна. У гэтай агіднай пратоцы пахла ліхарадкай і дызентэрыяй.
- Smala puzyrami vystupila ŭ ščylinax. Navókal u pavjetry stajaŭ taki smuród ad balótnyx vyparennjaŭ, što mnje zrabilasja mótašna. U hetaj ahidnaj pratócy paxla lixaradkaj i dyzjenteryjaj.
- [original: The pitch was bubbling in the seams; the nasty stench of the place turned me sick; if ever a man smelt fever and dysentery, it was in that abominable anchorage.]
- The pitch was bubbling in the seams. The surrounding air had such a nasty swamp fumes stench that it turned me sick. This abominable anchorage smelt like fever and dysentery.
Declension
Declension of смуро́д (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | смуро́д smuród |
| genitive | смуро́ду smuródu |
| dative | смуро́ду smuródu |
| accusative | смуро́д smuród |
| instrumental | смуро́дам smuródam |
| locative | смуро́дзе smuródzje |
References
- “смурод”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “смурод” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org