Treasures of the language: five Ukrainian words, the meaning of which few people know

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The Ukrainian language is rich in colorful words. We hear some of them extremely rarely and especially do not use them in everyday speech.. To enrich your vocabulary or just get acquainted with several of these sonorous and beautiful options, we bring to your attention the following rarely used words. Patsiorki. When you hear this word, you immediately think of something bright and festive.. The Ukrainian language dictionary records that this word is dialectal and has two meanings:.

Necklace. Used only in plural. A gift was also found for Nastya’s mother - Tsargorod brocade for a kerset and turquoise patzorki from Athos (Tulub, Lyudolovi, I, 1957, 60).

Ropes, threads, laces, strands, etc.. Used in both singular and plural. Large patsyorkas descended onto the ears in curls (Mirny, III, 1954, 154);

Tsimbor - friend, brother, friend. Also dialectal.

Chuval - a large bag made of rough cloth for grain or potatoes. A synonym for it is lantukh. Below, among the bushes, women walked, filling their chuvals with dry leaves (Shiyan, Izbr. , 1947, 40).

Kalaputskati – a dialect word meaning to mix.

Table top - the same as a tablecloth. What is laid on the table. Lazar saw a tall house with one window, quite clean, with a neatly made bed, a table under a cover (Kotsyub. , II, 1955, 194).

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