гучнагаварыцель

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

гу́чны (húčny, loud) +‎ -а- (-a-) +‎ гаварыць (havarycʹ, speak) +‎ -цель (-cjelʹ, -er), a calque of English loudspeaker. Compare Russian громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ), and more distant Lithuanian garsiakalbis, Ukrainian гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣut͡ʂnaɣavaˈrɨt͡sʲelʲ]

Noun

гучнагавары́цель • (hučnahavarýcjelʹm inan (genitive гучнагавары́целя, nominative plural гучнагавары́целі, genitive plural гучнагавары́целяў)

  1. megaphone, loudspeaker

Usage notes

  • *гавары́цель (*havarýcjelʹ) does not exist as a standalone word. "speaker" in Belarusian, i.e. one who speaks, is гаво́рачы (havóračy).

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