курыць

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙋрити (kuriti), from Proto-Slavic *kūrìti. Cognate with Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ) and Ukrainian кури́ти (kurýty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuˈrɨt͡sʲ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨt͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: ку‧рыць

Verb

куры́ць • (kurýcʹimpf (perfective пакуры́ць)

  1. (transitive) to smoke (to inhale and exhale the smoke of some substance, mainly tobacco)
  2. (transitive) to smoke (to burn special substances to produce fragrant smoke)

Conjugation

References

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