цокаль

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• cokal — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From earlier *цо́кала n (*cókala), borrowed from Italian zoccolo, possibly later phonetically influenced by French socle. Compare Russian and Ukrainian цо́коль (cókolʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sokalʲ]

Noun

цо́каль • (cókalʹ) m inan (genitive цо́каля, nominative plural цо́калі, genitive plural цо́каляў, relational adjective цо́кальны)

1. (architecture) socle, plinth
2. (technical) base, socket (metal part of an electric light bulb, which serves to strengthen it in the cartridge)

   цо́каль ля́мпы ― cókalʹ ljámpy ― lamp base

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	цо́каль cókalʹ	цо́калі cókali
genitive	цо́каля cókalja	цо́каляў cókaljaŭ
dative	цо́калю cókalju	цо́калям cókaljam
accusative	цо́каль cókalʹ	цо́калі cókali
instrumental	цо́калем cókaljem	цо́калямі cókaljami
locative	цо́калі cókali	цо́калях cókaljax
count form	—	цо́калі1 cókali1

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

Derived terms

• цо́кальны (cókalʹny)

 

References

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