хлопец

Belarusian

Etymology

Cognate to Polish chłopiec, Ukrainian хло́пець (xlópecʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɫopʲet͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

хло́пец • (xlópjec) m pers (genitive хло́пца, nominative plural хло́пцы, genitive plural хло́пцаў)

1. lad, boy

   Coordinate term: дзяўчы́на (dzjaŭčýna)

Declension

Declension of хло́пец (pr hard masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	хло́пец xlópjec	хло́пцы xlópcy
genitive	хло́пца xlópca	хло́пцаў xlópcaŭ
dative	хло́пцу xlópcu	хло́пцам xlópcam
accusative	хло́пца xlópca	хло́пцаў xlópcaŭ
instrumental	хло́пцам xlópcam	хло́пцамі xlópcami
locative	хло́пцу xlópcu	хло́пцах xlópcax
vocative	хло́пча xlópča	—
count form	—	хло́пцы1 xlópcy1

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

Further reading

• “хлопец” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

• хло́пецъ (xlópec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian хло́пець (xlópecʹ, “boy, lad”), cognate to Polish chłopiec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɫopʲɪt͡s]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

хло́пец • (xlópec) m anim (genitive хло́пца, nominative plural хло́пцы, genitive plural хло́пцев)

1. (colloquial) lad, boy

   Наве́ки умо́лкли весёлые хло́пцы, в живы́х я оста́лся оди́н. ("Орлёнок" - "Eaglet", a song of the Soviet period)

   Navéki umólkli vesjólyje xlópcy, v živýx ja ostálsja odín.

   The merry lads got silent for ever, I was the only one who survived.

Declension

Declension of хло́пец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	хло́пец xlópec	хло́пцы xlópcy
genitive	хло́пца xlópca	хло́пцев xlópcev
dative	хло́пцу xlópcu	хло́пцам xlópcam
accusative	хло́пца xlópca	хло́пцев xlópcev
instrumental	хло́пцем xlópcem	хло́пцами xlópcami
prepositional	хло́пце xlópce	хло́пцах xlópcax
vocative	хло́пче xlópče

Related terms

• холо́п (xolóp) (serf, slave, bondman; peasant)