шаша

Belarusian

шаша

Alternative forms

• šaša — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Ultimately from French chaussée. Compare Polish szosa, Russian шоссе́ (šossé) and Ukrainian шосе́ (šosé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂaˈʂa]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ша‧ша

Noun

шаша́ • (šašá) f inan (genitive шашы́, uncountable, relational adjective шашэ́йны)

1. highway (a road paved with crushed stone, covered with asphalt or other hard surface, intended for the movement of railless transport)
   • 1911, Кравецъ, “Зна̀хадка”, in Александр Сержпутовскій, editor, Сказки и разсказы бѣлоруссовъ полѣшуковъ [Fairy tales and stories of the Belarusians from Polesia], С.-Петербургъ, page 130:

     Вѣ́дамо, за даўнѣ́йшые ча́сы чаґу́нки ещэ́ не было́, да й шашэ́й ещэ́ не раби́ли;

     [Ве́дама, у даўне́йшыя часы́ чыгу́нкі яшчэ́ не было́, ды і шашу́ яшчэ́ не рабі́лі;]

     Vjédama, u daŭnjéjšyja časý čyhúnki jaščé nje byló, dy i šašú jaščé nje rabíli;

     It's known that, in earlier times, there were still no railways, and highways weren't built either;

   • 2020 [2019], Janusz Leon Wiśniewski, translated by Ганна Янкута and Кацярына Маціеўская, Канец адзіноты, Minsk: Янушкевіч, translation of Koniec samotności; republished as Канец адзіноты‎^[1], Litres, 2022, →ISBN:

     Бо тая шаша – яна толькі на тваёй карце шаша. Ім там у гугле здаецца, што калі на здымку са спадарожніка ў дарогі ёсць пачатак і канец, значыць, яна для легкавікоў. А насамрэч гэта выезджаны трактарамі і грузавікамі пясок на просецы.

     Bo taja šaša – jana tólʹki na tvajój karcje šaša. Im tam u huhlje zdajecca, što kali na zdymku sa spadaróžnika ŭ daróhi joscʹ pačatak i kanjec, značycʹ, jana dlja ljehkavikóŭ. A nasamreč heta vyjezdžany traktarami i hruzavikami pjasók na prósjecy.

     Because that so-called highway is only a highway on your map. They, at Google, think that if a satellite image shows that a road starts and ends somewhere, then it's suitable for cars. But in reality it's just sand on a forest lane, beaten down by tractors and trucks.

Declension

Declension of шаша́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	шаша́ šašá
genitive	шашы́ šašý
dative	шашы́ šašý
accusative	шашу́ šašú
instrumental	шашо́й, шашо́ю šašój, šašóju
locative	шашы́ šašý

References

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