у свинячий голос
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- у свини́й го́лос (u svynýj hólos)
Etymology
Compare antonymous English in a pig's whisper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u sʋeˈnʲat͡ʃei̯ ˈɦɔɫɔs]
Adverb
у свиня́чий го́лос • (u svynjáčyj hólos)
- late, tardily (literally: in a pig's voice)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “свини́й го́лос”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “го́лос”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “го́лос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN