# слухач
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* słuchač — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian слухачъ (sluxač). Compare Polish słuchacz and Ukrainian слуха́ч (sluxáč).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɫuˈxat͡ʂ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

слуха́ч • (sluxáč) m pers (genitive слухача́, nominative plural слухачы́, genitive plural слухачо́ў, feminine слуха́чка)
* listener (someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast)
    Coordinate term: гляда́ч (hljadáč)
** 1930, Vincent Hadleŭski, Historyja świataja abo Biblijnaja Staroha Zakonu, Vilnius: Wydańnie „Biełaruskaha Katalickaha Tawarystwa“, page 97:Jezus daje zrazumieć swaim słuchačom, što pryjšoŭ nie na toje, kab pieramahčy, jak niekali Juda Machabej, worahaŭ Izraila, ale kab ustanawić suspolnaść duš ludzkich z Boham i pamiž saboju i hetu suspolnaść abapiorci na lubowi Boha i bližniaha.Jesus makes it clear to his audience that he has come not to defeat, as Judas Maccabeus once did, the enemies of Israel, but to establish a bond of human souls with God and among themselves, and to base this community on the love of God and one's neighbor.
* attendee, student (a person who is formally enrolled at a college, university, or another educational institution)
    Synonyms: навучэ́нец (navučénjec), студэ́нт (studént)
    во́льны слуха́ч ― vólʹny sluxáč ― someone who is permitted to attend lectures despite not being formally enrolled at an educational institution
** 1945, Уладзімір Перцаў, “Кастусь Каліноўскі”, in Полымя, numbers 9-10, Minsk, page 146:Згодна паказанняў слухача пецербургскай ваенна-інжынернай акадэміі Вараўскага яму ў 1860 годзе было прапанавана ўступіць у таварыства, якое ставіла сваёй мэтай падрыхтоўку паўстання.Zhódna pakazannjaŭ sluxača pjecjerburhskaj vajenna-inžynjernaj akademii Varaŭskaha jamu ŭ 1860 hódzje byló prapanavana ŭstupicʹ u tavarystva, jakóje stavila svajój metaj padryxtóŭku paŭstannja.According to the testimony of a student at the St. Petersburg Military Engineering Academy, Varaŭski, in 1860, he was invited to join a society that aimed to prepare an uprising.
** 2011 September 6, Уладзімір Лапцэвіч, “Магілёўскія бібліятэкі арганізуюць курсы камп'ютарнага навучання для пенсіянераў [The libraries of Mahiloŭ are organizing computer training courses for pensioners.]”, in Naša Niva‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-11:Як адзначыла дырэктар сістэмы бібліятэк, калі слухачы паспяхова будуць праходзіць курсы камп’ютарнага навучання, у далейшым ім можа быць прапанавана авалоданне Photoshop і іншымі камп’ютарнымі праграмамі.Jak adznačyla dyrektar sistemy biblijatek, kali sluxačy paspjaxóva buducʹ praxódzicʹ kursy kampʺjutarnaha navučannja, u daljejšym im móža bycʹ prapanavana avalódannje Photoshop i inšymi kampʺjutarnymi prahramami.As the director of the libraries network noted, if attendees successfully complete computer training courses, they may later be offered the opportunity to master Photoshop and other computer programs.

#### Declension

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

### References

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “слухачъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 458
* “слухач” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* "слухач" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

слу́хати (slúxaty, “to listen”) +‎ -ач (-ač). Compare Polish słuchacz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɫʊˈxat͡ʃ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

слуха́ч • (sluxáč) m pers (genitive слухача́, nominative plural слухачі́, genitive plural слухачі́в, feminine слуха́чка)
* listener, hearer

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слухач”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “слухач”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)