ахосал

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ахосэл (axósel), ахосл (axósl)
• achosal, achosał — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish [Term?] (“suitor, boyfriend, lady's man”), the term possibly related to חתן (khosn, “bridegroom”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈxosaɫ]

Noun

ахо́сал • (axósal) m pers (genitive ахо́сала, nominative plural ахо́салы, genitive plural ахо́салаў)

1. (colloquial, dialectal, obsolete) lover, boyfriend

   І ў яе́ ўжо свой ахо́сал завёўся. ― I ŭ jajé ŭžo svoj axósal zavjóŭsja. ― And she already got her own lover.

Declension

Declension of ахо́сал (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ахо́сал axósal	ахо́салы axósaly
genitive	ахо́сала axósala	ахо́салаў axósalaŭ
dative	ахо́салу axósalu	ахо́салам axósalam
accusative	ахо́сала axósala	ахо́салаў axósalaŭ
instrumental	ахо́салам axósalam	ахо́саламі axósalami
locative	ахо́сале axósalje	ахо́салах axósalax
count form	—	ахо́салы1 axósaly1

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

References

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