хлёбаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хлѣбати (xlěbati), from Proto-Slavic *xlebati. Cognate with Slovene hlebati and Russian хлеба́ть (xlebátʹ), хлёбать (xljóbatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxlʲobat͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -obat͡sʲ

Verb

хлёбаць • (xljóbacʹimpf (perfective хлёбнуць) (transitive, colloquial)

  1. to gulp, to slurp (to drink in large gulps)
    хлёбаць чайxljóbacʹ čajto slurp tea
  2. to eat by spooning (a liquid dish)
    хлёбаць супxljóbacʹ supto eat soup (literally, “to slurp soup”)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Yiddish: כליאָבען (khlyoben)

References

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