халоп

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic холопъ (xolopŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xolpъ. Cognate with Russian and Ukrainian холо́п (xolóp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xaˈɫop]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Hyphenation: ха‧лоп

Noun

хало́п • (xalópm pers (genitive хало́па, nominative plural хало́пы, genitive plural хало́паў, female equivalent хало́пка, relational adjective хало́пскі)

  1. (feudalism, historical) kholop
  2. (figuratively) servant, slave (one who obeys something or someone unconditionally)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • хало́пства n inan (xalópstva)
verbs
  • хало́пнічаць impf (xalópničacʹ)

References

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