# адкуль
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* аткуль (atkulʹ), atkul — obsolete
* adkul — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *otъ- + *kolě. Cognate with Old Slovak odkuľ, Russian отколе (otkole) and Ukrainian відкіль (vidkilʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [atˈkulʲ]
* Rhymes: -ulʲ
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

адку́ль • (adkúlʹ)
* from where, wherefrom, whence (from which place or source)
** 1855, Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievič, Wieczernice i Obłąkany, Minsk: Nakładem i drukiem Jokiela Dworca, page 47:„Atkul tut pryhnała źwiezda niaszczasliwa / Hetaku brydotu?“ — złośna taki reczy / Pan każe — dyj Marchwu chwataje za pleczy, / Szwyrnie jaje dałou s zamkowaj hary;"Whence did an unlucky star bring here such a filth?"—the lord angrily proclaims, seizing Marchva by the shoulders and hurling her from the castle mound;
** 1881 [1876], Serhiy Podolynsky, anonymous translator, Про багацтво да бьедносць, Geneva: Друкарньа „Работника“ ј „Громади“, translation of Про багатство і бідність, page 5:Учивсь јон там гадов ш чатери, а посльа пајшов за наставника у тоје сьало, аткуль бив і стариј дзьед.[Вучы́ўся ён там гадо́ў з чаты́ры, а пасля́ пайшо́ў за наста́ўніка ў то́е сяло́, адку́ль быў і стары́ дзед.]Vučýŭsja jon tam hadóŭ z čatýry, a pasljá pajšóŭ za nastáŭnika ŭ tóje sjaló, adkúlʹ byŭ i starý dzjed.He studied there for about four years and then became a teacher in that village, where the old grandfather was also from.
** 1914, Ks. I. Šuster, translated by Францішак Будзька, Karotkaja historyja świataja, Piciarburh: Drukarnia Akcyjnaj supołki drukarskaj sztuki ŭ Piciarburhu, pages 50-51:Ale i małady nia wiedaŭ adkul uziałosia heta wino i tolki ad słuch dawiedaŭsia, szto heta Pan Jezus piramianiŭ wadu ŭ wino.But even the youngster did not know where this wine came from and only learned from the servants that Lord Jesus was the one, who had turned water into wine.
** 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 117:Мы ужо супакоілі па радыётэлеграфу тых, хто яшчэ быў пад вадою. Цяпер яны пачалі зьяўляцца шпарка адзін за адным па чарзе. Паднімаліся на трыццаць або сорак футаў у паветра і потым падалі назад у мора, адкуль мы іх шпарка паднімалі на карабель.My užó supakóili pa radyjóteljehrafu tyx, xto jašče byŭ pad vadóju. Cjapjer jany pačali zʹjaŭljacca šparka adzin za adnym pa čarzje. Padnimalisja na tryccacʹ abó sórak futaŭ u pavjetra i pótym padali nazad u móra, adkulʹ my ix šparka padnimali na karabjelʹ.[original: We had already removed the anxiety of those below by a wireless. But now in quick succession each of them arrived, shooting thirty or forty feet into the air, and then falling back into the sea, from which we quickly raised them.]We had already removed the anxiety of those still underwater by a wireless. Now in quick succession each of them arrived, shooting thirty or forty feet into the air, and then falling back into the sea, from where we quickly raised them to the vessel.
* (interrogative) how (why, for what reason)
** 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 170:Кажыце, Нэд Катль. Магчыма, за гэтым штосьці затоена? Ці варта яму ехаць? Адкуль вы гэта ведаеце і чаму?Kažycje, Ned Katlʹ. Mahčyma, za hetym štósʹci zatójena? Ci varta jamu jexacʹ? Adkulʹ vy heta vjedajecje i čamu?[original: Speak out, Ned Cuttle. Is there anything behind? Ought he to go? How do you know it first, and why?]

### See also

* дзе (dzje)
* куды (kudy)

### References

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “откуле”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 116
* “адкуль”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “адкуль” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org