лайдак
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɫajˈdak]
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Noun
лайда́к • (lajdák) m pers (genitive лайдака́, nominative plural лайдакі́, genitive plural лайдако́ў, female equivalent лайда́чка)
- lazybones, loafer, idler, slacker, sluggard
- Synonym: гульта́й (hulʹtáj)
- 1913, Казімір Сваяк, Alkahol, Wilnia: Znicz, page 3:
- Nazywajem my ludziej, addanych pijatyce, — pjanicami, łajdakami.
- We label the people devoted to alcohol consumption as drunkards and slackers.
- 1930, Kuźma Čorny, Лявон Бушмар, Менск: БДВ, page 9:
- Чалавек без работы ня можа доўга быць, хіба толькі спрадвечны лайдак, або каторы змалку ня прывык.
- Čalavjek bjez rabóty nja móža dóŭha bycʹ, xiba tólʹki spradvječny lajdak, abó katóry zmalku nja pryvyk.
- A person can't stay without work for a long time, unless he is a chronic slacker, or someone who hasn't been used to it since childhood.
Declension
Declension of лайда́к (pr velar masc-form accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | лайда́к lajdák |
лайдакі́ lajdakí |
| genitive | лайдака́ lajdaká |
лайдако́ў lajdakóŭ |
| dative | лайдаку́ lajdakú |
лайдака́м lajdakám |
| accusative | лайдака́ lajdaká |
лайдако́ў lajdakóŭ |
| instrumental | лайдако́м lajdakóm |
лайдака́мі lajdakámi |
| locative | лайдаку́ lajdakú |
лайдака́х lajdakáx |
| count form | — | лайдакі́1 lajdakí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “лайдак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “лайдак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org