кропля

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• kropla — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kropla. Doublet of ка́пля (káplja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkroplʲa]

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• Rhymes: -oplʲa
• Hyphenation: кроп‧ля

Noun

кро́пля • (króplja) f inan (genitive кро́плі, nominative plural кро́плі, genitive plural кро́пляў or кро́пель, relational adjective кро́пельны, diminutive кро́пелька) [with genitive ‘of’]

1. drop (a small round particle of some liquid)

   Synonyms: ка́пка (kápka), ка́пля (káplja)

   • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 151:

     Майлс быў бледны, нерухомы, кроплі халоднага поту выступілі ў яго на ілбе, зліліся разам і пацяклі ўніз па твары.

     Majls byŭ bljedny, njeruxómy, krópli xalódnaha pótu vystupili ŭ jahó na ilbje, zlilisja razam i pacjakli ŭniz pa tvary.

     [original: This latter was rigid and colorless, and on his forehead big drops of cold sweat gathered, broke and blended together, and trickled down his face.]

     Miles was pale and rigid, drops of cold sweat gathered on his forehead, blended together and trickled down his face.

2. (figuratively) drop (the smallest amount of something)
   • 1907 [1897], Edward Bellamy, translated by Аляксандр Уласаў, Kazka ab wadzie, translation of The Parable of the Water-Tank, page 10:

     Hetyje kropli ichniej wady, što nazywajucca panskaju łaskaju, wielmi byli horkimi dla biednaho narodu.

     These drops of their water, known as bigwig's charity, were very bitter for the poor people.

Declension

Declension of кро́пля (inan soft fem-form accent-a mixed-reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	кро́пля króplja	кро́плі krópli
genitive	кро́плі krópli	кро́пляў, кро́пель krópljaŭ, krópjelʹ
dative	кро́плі krópli	кро́плям krópljam
accusative	кро́плю króplju	кро́плі krópli
instrumental	кро́пляй, кро́пляю krópljaj, krópljaju	кро́плямі krópljami
locative	кро́плі krópli	кро́плях krópljax
count form	—	кро́плі1 krópli1

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

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кропля”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 173
• “кропля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “кропля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org