ганак

Belarusian

ганак

Alternative forms

• ґа́нак (gának) — Taraškievica orthography, rare
• ganak, hanak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кганокъ (ganok). Compare German Gang, Polish ganek and Ukrainian ґа́нок (gánok).

Pronunciation

• ґа́нак: IPA^(key): [ˈɡanak]

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• га́нак: IPA^(key): [ˈɣanak]

Noun

га́нак • (hának) m inan (genitive га́нка, nominative plural га́нкі, genitive plural га́нкаў, relational adjective га́начны, diminutive га́начак)

1. (architecture) porch (a covered entrance to a building forming a sort of vestibule)
   • 1702-1716, Дамінік Рудніцкі, “Oy da poszła meila do szkoły...”, in В. Н. Перетцъ, editor, Замѣтки и матеріалы для исторіи пѣсни въ Россіи. I–VIII, Санктпетербургъ: Типографія Императорской Академіи Наукъ, published 1901, page 27:

     Ty moj miły Sinku Awramku,
     Obac swoho Tatonka z ganku

     My dear son Awramka,
     Look at your daddy from the porch

   • 1859 [1834], Adam Mickiewicz, translated by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, Pan Tadeusz, Wilno: Drukarnia A. Syrkina, translation of Pan Tadeusz, page 81:

     I — dziéle tahó — s gánka slúżkám dau prykázy

     And — for that purpose — standing on the porch, he gave orders to servants

   • 1912, Janka Kupała, Сон на кургане, Пецярбург, page 27:

     Ґанак (дзе і рэч адбываецца) каменны, на шасьці слупох — па тры с кожнага боку.

     Ganak (dzje i reč adbyvajecca) kamjenny, na šasʹci slupóx — pa try s kóžnaha bóku.

     The porch (where this happens) is made of stone, supported by six columns — three on each side.

   • 1912, Janka Kupała, “Kurhan”, in Zbornik «Našaj Niwy», number 2, Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 5:

     Prywiała huślara z jaho niŭnych sialib
     Dwornia kniaziawa ŭ choram bahaty,
     Pasadzili na hanku, miž klonaŭ i lip,
     Na cehlanym parozi mahnata.

     A guslar bard was brought from his rural settlement
     To a rich mansion by the prince's courtmen.
     They sat him on a porch, between maples and lindens,
     On the bricks of the magnate's doorstep.

   • 1913, Андрэй Зязюля, “Lirnik”, in Z rodnaho zahonu, Wilnia: Znicz, page 13:

     Woś na ganak swoj krok
     Śkierawała prytnom,
     Kab paczuć, jak dziadok
     Budzie hrać pad waknom.

     Now towards the porch
     She quickly directed her steps,
     In order to hear, how the gramps
     Is going to play music under the window.

Inflection

Declension of га́нак (inan velar masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	га́нак hának	га́нкі hánki
genitive	га́нка hánka	га́нкаў hánkaŭ
dative	га́нку hánku	га́нкам hánkam
accusative	га́нак hának	га́нкі hánki
instrumental	га́нкам hánkam	га́нкамі hánkami
locative	га́нку hánku	га́нках hánkax
count form	—	га́нкі1 hánki1

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

References

• “ганак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “ганак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кганокъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 30