скразняк

Compare Russian сквозня́к (skvoznják).

• IPA^(key): [skrazʲˈnʲak]

скразня́к • (skraznják) m inan (genitive скразняку́, nominative plural скразнякі́, genitive plural скразняко́ў)

1. draft, draught (a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle)
   • 1911, Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski, transl., Міхалка, Пецярбург: „Загляне cонцэ і ў наша ваконцэ“, page 15:

     Калі тутака скразьнік, я сяду гэттака, напроціў.

     Kali tutaka skrazʹnik, ja sjadu hettaka, napróciŭ.

     If there's a draught over here, I'll sit like this, on the opposite side.

   • 1996 [1865], Mayne Reid, translated by Л. М. Хлебавец, Коннік без галавы, Minsk: «Беларусь», translation of The Headless Horseman, →ISBN, page 140; republished as Коннік без галавы‎^[1], Litres, 2022, →ISBN:

     Такой была карціна, якую ўбачылі гледачы, калі скразняк рассеяў парахавы дым і дазволіў ім распазнаць, што робіцца ўнутры бара.

     Takój byla karcina, jakuju ŭbačyli hljedačy, kali skraznjak rassjejaŭ paraxavy dym i dazvóliŭ im raspaznacʹ, što róbicca ŭnutry bara.

     [original: Such was the tableau that presented itself to the spectators, as the sulphurous smoke, drifted out by the current between the two doors, gave them a chance of distinguishing objects within the saloon.]

     Such was the tableau that presented itself to the spectators, as a draft dissipated the gunpowder smoke and gave them a chance of distinguishing what was taking place within the saloon.

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