дах

• dach — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дахъ (dax), ultimately from Old High German dah. Cognate with German Dach, Polish dach and Ukrainian дах (dax).

• IPA^(key): [dax]

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дах • (dax) m inan (genitive да́ху, nominative plural да́хі, genitive plural да́хаў, diminutive да́шак)

1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
   • 1916, Вахтеров, Василий Порфирьевич, “Prawodniki ciepła”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, transl., edited by Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 162:

     Zrazumieło, čamu mokryje doski letam chutčej sochnuć pad žaleznym dacham, čym pad sałamianym.

     It's clear why wet boards dry faster in summer under an iron roof than under a thatched one.

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 569:

     Дом астаўся па-ранейшаму велічным, не баіцца ветру і непагоды, дах не працякае, акяніцы не расхістаны, сцены не абваліліся, але, тым не менш, дом зрабіўся развалінай, і пацукі ўцякаюць з яго.

     Dom astaŭsja pa-ranjejšamu vjeličnym, nje baicca vjetru i njepahódy, dax nje pracjakaje, akjanicy nje rasxistany, scjeny nje abvalilisja, alje, tym nje mjenš, dom zrabiŭsja razvalinaj, i pacuki ŭcjakajucʹ z jahó.

     [original: It is a great house still, proof against wind and weather, without breaches in the roof, or shattered windows, or dilapidated walls; but it is a ruin none the less, and the rats fly from it.]

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “дахъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 268
• “дах”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “дах” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.

• IPA^(key): /dâx/

да̏х m inan (Latin spelling dȁh)

1. breath
2. breathing, respiration
3. stench, odor

• “дах”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Polish dach (“roof”), ultimately from Old High German dah.

• IPA^(key): [dax]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Hyphenation: дах

дах • (dax) m inan (genitive да́ху, nominative plural дахи́, genitive plural дахі́в, diminutive дашо́к)

1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дах”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “дах”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)