ануча

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian онуча (onuča),[1] from Proto-Slavic *onuťa.[2] Compare Polish onuca and Ukrainian ону́ча (onúča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈnut͡ʂa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ану́ча • (anúča) f inan (genitive ану́чы, nominative plural ану́чы, genitive plural ану́ч, relational adjective ану́чны, diminutive ану́чка)

  2. rag (a piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning)
  4. rag (tattered clothes)
    Synonyms: лахманы́ (laxmaný), рыззё (ryzzjó)
  6. (historical) footwrap (a strip of cloth worn around the feet before the wide availability of socks or to avoid chafing)
    • 2007 February 16, “Беларускае войска адмовіцца ад ботаў і анучаў”, in Naša Niva‎[1], archived from the original on 9 January 2023:
      Міністэрства абароны Беларусі абвясціла, што намерана адмовіцца ад ботаў і анучаў. Аб’ява была зробленая ў разгар прызыву. Цяпер жаўнеры будуць абувацца ў сучасныя армейскія чаравікі і шкарпэткі.
      Ministerstva abaróny Bjelarusi abvjascila, što namjerana admóvicca ad bótaŭ i anučaŭ. Abʺjava byla zróbljenaja ŭ razhar pryzyvu. Cjapjer žaŭnjery buducʹ abuvacca ŭ sučasnyja armjejskija čaraviki i škarpetki.
      The Ministry of Defense of Belarus has announced its intention to abandon old-style boots and footwraps. The announcement was made in the midst of the conscription. Now soldiers will wear modern army boots and socks.
  7. (figurative, derogatory) doormat (someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes)

Declension

Declension of ану́ча (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ану́ча
anúča 		ану́чы
anúčy
genitive ану́чы
anúčy 		ану́ч
anúč
dative ану́чы
anúčy 		ану́чам
anúčam
accusative ану́чу
anúču 		ану́чы
anúčy
instrumental ану́чай, ану́чаю
anúčaj, anúčaju 		ану́чамі
anúčami
locative ану́чы
anúčy 		ану́чах
anúčax
count form — ану́чы1
anúčy1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “онуча”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 219
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “ануча”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

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