набой

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• naboj — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈboj]

Noun

набо́й • (nabój) m inan (genitive набо́ю, nominative plural набо́і, genitive plural набо́яў)

1. (firearms) charge (a measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge)

   Synonym: зара́д (zarád)

2. (firearms, dated) round (a firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile)

   Synonym: патро́н (patrón)

   • 1931 [1923], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка. Частка першая [The Good Soldier Švejk. Volume one], Менск: Беларускае Дзяржаўнае Выдавецтва, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 159:

     Быў у нас на вёсцы наста́ўнік, прозьвішчам Ма́рэк. Гэ́ты наста́ўнік зьню́хаўся з дачкой лясьніка́ Шпэ́ры. Лясьні́к наказа́ў яму́, што калі́ ён бу́дзе сустрака́цца ў ле́се з ягонаю дачкой, дык ён, лясьні́к, абы́ толькі натра́піў на яго, усы́пе яму́ са стрэ́льбы ў аза́дак набой нарэ́занае шчаці́ны з сольлю.

     Byŭ u nas na vjóscy nastáŭnik, prózʹviščam Márek. Héty nastáŭnik zʹnjúxaŭsja z dačkój ljasʹniká Špéry. Ljasʹník nakazáŭ jamú, što kalí jon búdzje sustrakácca ŭ ljésje z jahónaju dačkój, dyk jon, ljasʹník, abý tólʹki natrápiŭ na jahó, usýpje jamú sa strélʹby ŭ azádak nabój narézanaje ščacíny z sólʹlju.

     [original: V jedný vesnici za Pelhřimovem byl nějaký učitel Marek a ten chodil za dcerou hajnýho Špery, a ten mu dal vzkázat, že jestli se bude s holkou scházet v lese, že mu, když ho potká, pustí do zadnice z ručnice štětiny se solí.]

     In our village there was a teacher named Marek. This teacher started hanging out with the gamekeeper Špera's daughter. The gamekeeper warned him that if he were to ever encounter him dating his daughter in the forest, then he, the gamekeeper, would shoot a round of chopped bristles with salt from his rifle into the guy's backside.

3. (weaponry, dated) shell (the casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile)

   Synonym: снара́д (snarád)

Declension

Declension of набо́й (inan soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	набо́й nabój	набо́і nabói
genitive	набо́ю nabóju	набо́яў nabójaŭ
dative	набо́ю nabóju	набо́ям nabójam
accusative	набо́й nabój	набо́і nabói
instrumental	набо́ем nabójem	набо́ямі nabójami
locative	набо́і nabói	набо́ях nabójax
count form	—	набо́і1 nabói1

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

References

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