уцёкі

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ucioki — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Deverbal from уцяка́ць (ucjakácʹ, “to escape, to flee”), itself derived from цячы́ (cjačý, “to flow, to run, to move”). Compare related Polish ucieczka (“escape”), Russian уте́чка (utéčka, “leakage”), which see also уце́чка (ucjéčka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈt͡sʲokʲi]

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Noun

уцёкі • (ucjóki) m inan pl (genitive уцёкаў, plural only)

1. escape

   Synonym: уцяка́нне (ucjakánnje)

Declension

Declension of уцёкі (inan pl-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	уцёкі ucjóki
genitive	уцёкаў ucjókaŭ
dative	уцёкам ucjókam
accusative	уцёкі ucjóki
instrumental	уцёкамі ucjókami
locative	уцёках ucjókax

Derived terms

• уцёкі мазгоў (ucjóki mazhóŭ, “brain drain”)

 

References

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