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хлопец

хлопец

Belarusian

Noun

хлопец (xlópec) m

  1. lad, boy

Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ukrainian хло́пець (xlópecʹ, boy, lad), cognate to Polish chłopiec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxlopʲɪt͡s]

Noun

хло́пец (xlópec) m anim (genitive хло́пца, nominative plural хло́пцы, genitive plural хло́пцев)

  1. (colloquial) lad, boy
    Наве́ки умо́лкли весёлые хло́пцы, в живы́х я оста́лся оди́н. ("Орлёнок" - "Eaglet", a song of the Soviet period)
    Navéki umólkli vesjólyje xlópcy, v živýx ja ostálsja odín.
    The merry lads got silent for ever, I was the only one who survived.

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