тануць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тонути (tonuti), from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti. By surface analysis, тапі́ць (tapícʹ) +‎ -нуць (-nucʹ). Cognate with Russian тону́ть (tonútʹ) and Ukrainian тону́ти (tonúty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taˈnut͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: та‧нуць

Verb

тану́ць • (tanúcʹimpf (perfective патану́ць)

  1. (intransitive) to sink (to descend or submerge into a liquid or similar substance)
  2. (intransitive) to drown (to die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid)
    Synonym: тапі́цца (tapícca)

Conjugation

References

  • тануць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • тануць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org