шчуплы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ščupły — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian щуплый (ščuplyj), from Old East Slavic щуплъ (ščuplŭ, “weak, pathetic”), from Proto-Slavic *ščuplъ. Compare Polish szczupły, Russian щуплый (ščuplyj), Ukrainian щу́плий (ščúplyj, “skinny, unattractive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂt͡ʂupɫɨ]

Adjective

шчу́плы • (ščúply) (comparative шчупле́йшы, diminutive шчу́пленькі)

1. skinny, meagre (having little flesh; lean; thin)
   • 1912, Кандрат Лейка, “Taklusia-suchotnica”, in Zbornik «Našaj Niwy», number 2, Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, page 13:

     Choć na ŭzhlad Taklusia pakazwajecca ščupłaju i błahoju, ale na ŭsim siale ličycca pieršaju rabotnicaju, wielmi zdatnaju da ŭsiakaj haspadarskaj sprawy.

     Even though Taklusia has a meagre and bad appearance, she is considered to be the best worker in the whole village, very skilled for any household chores.

   • 1939 [1906], Jack London, Белы клык, Мінск: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 125:

     Ён быў на рэдкасць уродлівы. Прырода паскупілася для яго. Перш за ўсё, ён быў маленькага росту, а на яго шчуплым целе сядзела малюсенькая галава, якая звужалася кверху.

     Jon byŭ na redkascʹ uródlivy. Pryróda paskupilasja dlja jahó. Pjerš za ŭsjo, jon byŭ maljenʹkaha róstu, a na jahó ščuplym cjelje sjadzjela maljusjenʹkaja halava, jakaja zvužalasja kvjerxu.

     [original: He was preëminently unbeautiful. Nature had been niggardly with him. He was a small man to begin with; and upon his meagre frame was deposited an even more strikingly meagre head. Its apex might be likened to a point.]

     (literally, “He was extraordinarily ugly. Nature had been stingy with him. He had a small height to begin with, and upon his meagre frame was sitting a tiny head, which was narrowing at the top.”)

Declension

Declension of шчу́плы (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		шчу́плы ščúply	шчу́плае ščúplaje	шчу́плая ščúplaja	шчу́плыя ščúplyja
genitive		шчу́плага ščúplaha		шчу́плай ščúplaj	шчу́плых ščúplyx
dative		шчу́пламу ščúplamu		шчу́плай ščúplaj	шчу́плым ščúplym
accusative	animate	шчу́плага ščúplaha	шчу́плае ščúplaje	шчу́плую ščúpluju	шчу́плых ščúplyx
	inanimate	шчу́плы ščúply			шчу́плыя ščúplyja
instrumental		шчу́плым ščúplym		шчу́плай, шчу́плаю ščúplaj, ščúplaju	шчу́плымі ščúplymi
locative		шчу́плым ščúplym		шчу́плай ščúplaj	шчу́плых ščúplyx

References

• “шчуплы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “шчуплы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щуплый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 251