хлёбаць
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- хляба́ць (xljabácʹ) — dialectal
- chlobać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
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 • (xljóbacʹ) impf (perfective хлёбнуць) (transitive, colloquial)
- to gulp, to slurp (to drink in large gulps)
- хлёбаць чай ― xljóbacʹ čaj ― to slurp tea
- to eat by spooning (a liquid dish)
- хлёбаць суп ― xljóbacʹ sup ― to eat soup (literally, “to slurp soup”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of хлёбаць (class 1a, imperfective, transitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | хлёбаць xljóbacʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | хлёбаючы xljóbajučy |
хлёбаўшы xljóbaŭšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
хлёбаю xljóbaju |
бу́ду хлёбаць búdu xljóbacʹ |
| 2nd singular ты |
хлёбаеш xljóbaješ |
бу́дзеш хлёбаць búdzješ xljóbacʹ |
| 3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
хлёбае xljóbaje |
бу́дзе хлёбаць búdzje xljóbacʹ |
| 1st plural мы |
хлёбаем xljóbajem |
бу́дзем хлёбаць búdzjem xljóbacʹ |
| 2nd plural вы |
хлёбаеце xljóbajecje |
бу́дзеце хлёбаць búdzjecje xljóbacʹ |
| 3rd plural яны́ |
хлёбаюць xljóbajucʹ |
бу́дуць хлёбаць búducʹ xljóbacʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| second-person | хлёбай xljóbaj |
хлёбайце xljóbajcje |
| past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
| masculine я / ты / ён |
хлёбаў xljóbaŭ |
хлёбалі xljóbali |
| feminine я / ты / яна́ |
хлёбала xljóbala | |
| neuter яно́ |
хлёбала xljóbala | |
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