выглядаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian выгледати (vyhledati). Compare Polish wyglądać, Russian вы́глядеть (výgljadetʹ), выгля́дывать (vygljádyvatʹ), dialectal выгляда́ть (vygljadátʹ), Ukrainian виглядати (vyhljadaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɨɣlʲaˈdat͡sʲ]

Verb

выгляда́ць • (vyhljadácʹimpf (perfective вы́глянуць or вы́глядзець)

  1. to appear, to seem like, to look
    гэ́та выгляда́е до́браhéta vyhljadáje dóbrait looks good
    выгляда́ць геро́емvyhljadácʹ hjerójemto look like a hero
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 362:
      Стрыечны брат Фінікс быў у добрым настроі і выглядаў надзвычай маладжавым.
      Stryječny brat Finiks byŭ u dóbrym nastrói i vyhljadaŭ nadzvyčaj maladžavym.
      [original: Cousin Feenix was in great force, and looked astonishingly young.]
    • 1939, Adam Stankievič, Biełaruski chryścijanski ruch, Vilnia: Vydańnie „Chryścijanskaj Dumki“, page 217:
      Dalej sprava kanfiskataŭ vyhladaje hetak: u 1929 — 2 kanfiskaty, u 1930 — 5, u 1931 — 5, u 1932 — 3, u 1933 — 5, u 1934 — 5, u 1935 — 4, u 1936 — 11 i ŭ 1937 — 1.
      The subsequent incidence of confiscations looks like this: in 1929 — 2 confiscations, in 1930 — 5, in 1931 — 5, in 1932 — 3, in 1933 — 5, in 1934 — 5, in 1935 — 4, in 1936 — 11, and in 1937 — 1.
  2. to be seen
  3. (colloquial) imperfective form of вы́глянуць (výhljanucʹ)
    Synonym: выгля́дваць (vyhljádvacʹ)
  4. (colloquial) imperfective form of вы́глядзець (výhljadzjecʹ)
    Synonym: выгля́дваць (vyhljádvacʹ)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • выгляда́нне (vyhljadánnje)
  • вы́глянцаваць (výhljancavacʹ, to polish)

References

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “выгледати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 5 (всперати – выорати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 137
  • выглядаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • выглядаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org