коўдра

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́вдра (kóvdra), ко́лдра (kóldra), from Middle Polish kołdra. Compare Ukrainian ко́вдра (kóvdra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkou̯dra]

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• Rhymes: -ou̯dra
• Hyphenation: коўд‧ра

Noun

ко́ўдра • (kóŭdra) f inan (genitive ко́ўдры, nominative plural ко́ўдры, genitive plural ко́ўдраў, relational adjective ко́ўдравы, diminutive ко́ўдрачка)

1. blanket, cover (a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting)
   • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 169:

     Загарнуўшыся ў турэмныя коўдры, парваныя і брудныя, Гендон і кароль правялі трывожную ноч.

     Zaharnuŭšysja ŭ turemnyja kóŭdry, parvanyja i brudnyja, Hjendón i karólʹ pravjali tryvóžnuju noč.

     [original: Wrapped in prison blankets of a soiled and tattered condition, Hendon and the king passed a troubled night.]

Declension

Declension of ко́ўдра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ко́ўдра kóŭdra	ко́ўдры kóŭdry
genitive	ко́ўдры kóŭdry	ко́ўдраў kóŭdraŭ
dative	ко́ўдры kóŭdry	ко́ўдрам kóŭdram
accusative	ко́ўдру kóŭdru	ко́ўдры kóŭdry
instrumental	ко́ўдрай, ко́ўдраю kóŭdraj, kóŭdraju	ко́ўдрамі kóŭdrami
locative	ко́ўдры kóŭdry	ко́ўдрах kóŭdrax
count form	—	ко́ўдры1 kóŭdry1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “колдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 190
• “коўдра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “коўдра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org