корпаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

  • карпа́ць (karpácʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrpati. Cognate with Russian корпа́ть (korpátʹ) and Ukrainian ко́рпати (kórpaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkorpat͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -orpat͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: кор‧паць

Verb

ко́рпаць • (kórpacʹimpf (perfective карпану́ць)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to dig up, to pick

Conjugation

References

  • корпаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • корпаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org