падчас

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian подчасъ (podčas).[1] By surface analysis, univerbation of пад (pad) +‎ час (čas). Compare Polish podczas, Russian подча́с (podčás) and Ukrainian під ча́с (pid čás).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [patˈː͡ʂas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Hyphenation: па‧дчас, пад‧час

Adverb

падча́с • (padčás) (no comparative)

  1. sometimes

Preposition

падча́с • (padčás) [with genitive]

  1. during (used to indicate the time, event, or condition in which something happens or exists)

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “подчасъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 25 (побунтованье – позначити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 330

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