мацунак

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• macunak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Presumably some sort of derivation from моц (moc, “power”) and -ак (-ak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈt͡sunak]
• Rhymes: -unak

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Noun

мацу́нак • (macúnak) m inan (genitive мацу́нку, uncountable)

1. strength (the property of being strong)

   Synonyms: моц (moc), трыва́ласць (tryválascʹ)

   мацу́нак матэ́рыі ― macúnak matéryi ― strength of matter

   мацу́нак ча́ю ― macúnak čáju ― strength of the tea

   мацу́нак напо́яў ― macúnak napójaŭ ― alcohol by volume, ABV (literally, “strength of drinks”)

2. nourishing, strengthening food (food that can be nourished and strengthened)

Declension

Declension of мацу́нак (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular
nominative	мацу́нак macúnak
genitive	мацу́нку macúnku
dative	мацу́нку macúnku
accusative	мацу́нак macúnak
instrumental	мацу́нкам macúnkam
locative	мацу́нку macúnku

References

• “мацунак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “мацунак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)