смурод

Belarusian

Alternative forms

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 • (smuródm inan (genitive смуро́ду, uncountable)

  1. 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

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