цэгла

See also: цегла

Belarusian

цэгла

Alternative forms

• cehła — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish cegła, ultimately from Middle High German ziegel. Compare modern German Ziegel, Ukrainian це́гла (céhla), Yiddish ציגל (tsigl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛɣɫa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

цэ́гла • (céhla) f inan (genitive цэ́глы, uncountable, relational adjective цагля́ны)

1. brick (building material)
   • 1911, А. Новіч, У дому лепей, Пецярбург: Загляне сонцэ и ў нашэ ваконцэ, page 12:

     Да берагу яще далёка, але ўжо відаць горы, не высокіе, не такіе, як на Каўказе, якіесь рудые, як бы с цэґлы.

     Da bjerahu jašče daljóka, alje ŭžo vidacʹ hóry, nje vysókije, nje takije, jak na Kaŭkazje, jakijesʹ rudyje, jak by s cegly.

     It's still too far from the shore, but the mountains are already visible, they aren't high, not the same as in the Caucasus, somewhat brownish, as if made of brick.

Usage notes

• Like the Ukrainian word, this usually denotes the building material, while the countable noun цаглі́на (cahlína) is used for individual pieces of bricks.

Declension

Declension of цэ́гла (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	цэ́гла céhla
genitive	цэ́глы céhly
dative	цэ́гле céhlje
accusative	цэ́глу céhlu
instrumental	цэ́глай, цэ́глаю céhlaj, céhlaju
locative	цэ́гле céhlje

Derived terms

• цаглі́на (cahlína), цэ́гліна (céhlina)
• цагля́ны (cahljány)

References

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