ледзь
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping of ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje). Cognate with Ukrainian ледь (ledʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲet͡sʲ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -et͡sʲ
- Hyphenation: ледзь
Adverb
ледзь • (ljedzʹ)
- a little, slightly
- (colloquial) barely (with great difficulty)
- Synonym: ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje)
- almost [with не (nje)]
Conjunction
ледзь • (ljedzʹ)
- as soon as
- ледзь узышло сонца, я рушыў у дарогу
- ljedzʹ uzyšló sónca, ja rušyŭ u daróhu
- as soon as the sun rose, I got onto the road
References
- “ледзь”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “ледзь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org