ус

See also: үс, ӱс, YC, ᎩᏟ, and yC

Bashkir

Ус [1]
Бер ус [2] һыу

Etymology

Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“ạbuč”).

Cognate with Kazakh уыс (wıs), Kyrgyz ууч (uuç, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [us]
  • Hyphenation: ус (one syllable)

Noun

ус • (us)

  1. (anatomy) palm
  2. handful

Declension

Mongolian

ус

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *usun. Compare Dongxiang usu.

Pronunciation

Noun

ус • (us) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠰᠤ (usu)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. water (clear liquid H2O)

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ < *vǫsъ < *vǫdsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wónsum, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰsom, s-expansion of root *wendʰ- (“hair, wool, beard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [us]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ус • (us) m inan (genitive у́са, nominative plural усы́, genitive plural усо́в)

  1. (usually in the plural) moustache
  2. whisker
  3. feeler, antenna
  4. tendril, awn

Declension

Declension of ус (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 
singular plural
nominative у́с
ús		 усы́
usý
genitive у́са
úsa		 усо́в
usóv
dative у́су
úsu		 уса́м
usám
accusative у́с
ús		 усы́
usý
instrumental у́сом
úsom		 уса́ми
usámi
prepositional у́се
úse		 уса́х
usáx

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ус”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “усы”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 293
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