# праца
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пра́ца (práca), from Old Polish praca, from Old Czech prácě, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. Cognate with Polish praca and Ukrainian пра́ця (prácja).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprat͡sa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

пра́ца • (práca) f inan (genitive пра́цы, nominative plural пра́цы, genitive plural прац or пра́цаў)
* labor, toil, work (sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result)
** 1937 [1719], Daniel Defoe, translated by Зяма Раманавіч Півавараў, edited by Janka Maŭr, Жыццё і дзіўныя небывалыя прыгоды Рабінзона Крузо [The life and astonishing adventures of Robinson Crusoe], Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Robinson Crusoe, page 100:Можаце ўявіць, колькі працы мне каштавала паваліць гэтае дрэва.Móžacje ŭjavicʹ, kólʹki pracy mnje kaštavala pavalicʹ hetaje dreva.[original: It was not without infinite labour that I felled this tree;]You can imagine how much labour it cost me to fell this tree.
** 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 488:— Капітан Катль, — задуменна сказаў Уолтэр, калі яны стаялі ў дзвярах крамы, адпачываючы пасля працы і пазіраючы на знаёмую старую вуліцу, — было яшчэ вельмі рана, — увесь гэты час не было ніякіх вестак пра дзядзю Соля?— Kapitan Katlʹ, — zadumjenna skazaŭ Uólter, kali jany stajali ŭ dzvjarax kramy, adpačyvajučy paslja pracy i pazirajučy na znajómuju staruju vulicu, — byló jašče vjelʹmi rana, — uvjesʹ hety čas nje byló nijakix vjestak pra dzjadzju Sólja?[original: "Captain Cuttle," said Walter, musing, when they stood resting from their labours at the shop-door, looking down the old familiar street; it being still early in the morning; "nothing at all of Uncle Sol, in all that time!"]
* essay, work (product; the result of effort, particularly a literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
    Synonym: твор (tvor)
** 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 8:Ён выпытаў усё ў старога Сомэрвіля ў Зоолёгічным Інстытуце. Той паслаў яму маю дыплёмную працу аб акіянскіх крабах, і гэта вырашыла ўсё.Jon vypytaŭ usjó ŭ staróha Sómervilja ŭ Zooljohičnym Instytucje. Toj paslaŭ jamu maju dypljómnuju pracu ab akijanskix krabax, i heta vyrašyla ŭsjo.[original: He inquired from old Somerville of the Zoological Institute, who sent him my prize essay on the pelagic crabs, and that did the trick.]
* employment, job, occupation, work (an economic role, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid)
    Synonym: рабо́та (rabóta)
** 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 8:Ён зусім непадобны да чалавека сваёй самотнасьцю і адданасьцю працы.Jon zusim njepadóbny da čalavjeka svajój samótnasʹcju i addanasʹcju pracy.[original: He is inhuman in his isolation and his devotion to his work.]
* function, operation

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* працава́ць (pracavácʹ)
* працаві́ты (pracavíty)
* працаздо́льнасць (pracazdólʹnascʹ)

### References

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “праца”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 484
* “праца”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “праца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak práca, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. Cognate with Slovak práca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprat͡sa]
* Rhymes: -at͡sa
* Hyphenation: пра‧ца

### Noun

праца (praca) f (obsolete)
* work
    Synonym: робота (robota)

#### Related terms

* працовац impf (pracovac)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “праца”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

## Russian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Old Polish praca (via Polish praca, Old Ruthenian пра́ца (práca), Belarusian пра́ца (práca), or Ukrainian пра́ця (prácja)), from Old Czech prácě, from Proto-Slavic *porťa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprat͡sə]

### Noun

пра́ца • (práca) f inan (genitive пра́цы, nominative plural пра́цы, genitive plural прац)
* (dialectal) work, labour
    Synonyms: труд (trud), рабо́та (rabóta)

#### Derived terms

* працова́ть (pracovátʹ)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “праца”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “праца”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1373