чуць
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- czuć — obsolete
- čuć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʂut͡sʲ]
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *čuti. Cognate with Polish czuć and Ukrainian чу́ти (čúty).
Verb
чуць • (čucʹ) impf (perfective учу́ць or ўчуць)
- to hear
- to feel, to sense
- Synonym: адчува́ць (adčuvácʹ)
- 1913, “Czamu pot i ślozy salonyje?”, in Biełarus, number 7, page 8:
- Sol jość ŭsiudy, tolki małymi czastkami i dziela hetaho my czujem niekali patrebu niekatoryje reczy prysalić bolej.
- Salt is present everywhere, but only in small proportions, and because of this, we sometimes feel the need to salt certain things more.
- 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 265:
- — Гэта яе бацька. Відаць, ён горкі п'яніца, — гаварыў Герберт усміхаючыся. — Аднак, я ніколі яго не бачыў. Чуеш пах рому? Ён з ім не расстаецца.
- — Heta jaje bacʹka. Vidacʹ, jon hórki pʺjanica, — havaryŭ Hjerbjert usmixajučysja. — Adnak, ja nikóli jahó nje bačyŭ. Čuješ pax rómu? Jon z im nje rasstajecca.
- [original: “I am afraid he is a sad old rascal,” said Herbert, smiling, “but I have never seen him. Don't you smell rum? He is always at it.”]
- “That's her father. Apparently, he is a hopeless drunkard,” said Herbert, smiling, “but I have never seen him. Do you sense the smell of rum? He is always at it.”
- to smell
Conjugation
Conjugation of чуць (class 12a, imperfective, transitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | чуць čucʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | чу́ты čúty |
| adverbial | чу́ючы čújučy |
чу́ўшы čúŭšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
чу́ю čúju |
бу́ду чу́ць búdu čúcʹ |
| 2nd singular ты |
чу́еш čúješ |
бу́дзеш чу́ць búdzješ čúcʹ |
| 3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
чу́е čúje |
бу́дзе чу́ць búdzje čúcʹ |
| 1st plural мы |
чу́ем čújem |
бу́дзем чу́ць búdzjem čúcʹ |
| 2nd plural вы |
чу́еце čújecje |
бу́дзеце чу́ць búdzjecje čúcʹ |
| 3rd plural яны́ |
чу́юць čújucʹ |
бу́дуць чу́ць búducʹ čúcʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| second-person | чуй čuj |
чу́йце čújcje |
| past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
| masculine я / ты / ён |
чуў čuŭ |
чу́лі čúli |
| feminine я / ты / яна́ |
чу́ла čúla | |
| neuter яно́ |
чу́ла čúla | |
Derived terms
- чу́тны (čútny)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Russian чуть (čutʹ).
Adverb
чуць • (čucʹ)
Derived terms
- чуць не (čucʹ nje)
- чуць што (čucʹ što)
- чуць-чуць (čucʹ-čucʹ)
References
- “чуць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “чуць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)