ус
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).
Cognate with Kazakh уыс (uys), Kyrgyz ууч (uuc, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [us]
- Hyphenation: ус (one syllable)
Noun
ус • (us)
- (anatomy) palm
- Һиҙәм: бына, маңлайымдан һыйпай йәп-йәш әжәлемдең һалҡын усы. (Mustai Karim)
- Hiźəm: bına, mañlayımdan hıypay yəp-yəş əjəlemdeñ halqın usı.
- I feel: here, the cool palm of my very young death strokes along my forehead.
- handful
Declension
Komi-Zyrian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈus/, [ˈus]
- Hyphenation: ус
Declension
Declension of ус (stem: уск-) | |||
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nominative | ус (us) | усъяс (usjas) | |
accusative | I* | ус (us) | усъяс (usjas) |
II* | ускӧс (uskös) | усъясӧс (usjasös) | |
instrumental | ускӧн (uskön) | усъясӧн (usjasön) | |
comitative | ускӧд (usköd) | усъяскӧд (usjasköd) | |
caritive | устӧг (ustög) | усъястӧг (usjastög) | |
consecutive | усла (usla) | усъясла (usjasla) | |
genitive | услӧн (uslön) | усъяслӧн (usjaslön) | |
ablative | услысь (uslyś) | усъяслысь (usjaslyś) | |
dative | услы (usly) | усъяслы (usjasly) | |
inessive | ускын (uskyn) | усъясын (usjasyn) | |
elative | ускысь (uskyś) | усъясысь (usjasyś) | |
illative | ускӧ (uskö) | усъясӧ (usjasö) | |
egressive | уссянь (usśań) | усъяссянь (usjasśań) | |
approximative | услань (uslań) | усъяслань (usjaslań) | |
terminative | ускӧдз (usködź) | усъясӧдз (usjasödź) | |
prolative | I | ускӧд (usköd) | усъясӧд (usjasöd) |
II | усті (usti) | усъясті (usjasti) | |
*) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. |
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References
- Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 32
- L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 685
Mongolian
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠤᠰᠤ (usu) | ус (us) |
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠰᠤ (usu), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠰᠤᠨ (usun), from Proto-Mongolic *usun. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol усу (usu), уса (usa); Buryat уһан (uhan), Kalmyk усн (usn); Daur os; Dongxiang usu.
Pronunciation
- (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA(key): [ʊ̞s]
- (Qahar, China) IPA(key): /ˈʊs/
- (Ordos, China) IPA(key): /ʊsʊ/
- Hyphenation: ус
Declension
attributive | усан usan |
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singular / indefinite | |
nominative | ус us |
genitive | усны usny |
accusative | усыг usyg |
dative-locative | усанд usand |
ablative | уснаас usnaas |
instrumental | усаар usaar |
comitative | устай ustaj |
privative | усгүй usgüj |
directive | ус руу us ruu |
independent genitive |
singular / indefinite |
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singular possession |
усных usnyx |
collective possession |
усныхан usnyxan |
Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *HyáwšaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyáwšaH. Cognate with Sanskrit योषा (yóṣā, “girl, young woman”).
See also
- уосӕ (uosæ)
Russian
Alternative forms
- усъ (us) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ < *vǫsъ < *vǫdsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wónsa, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰsom, s-expansion of root *wendʰ- (“hair, wool, beard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [us]
Audio (file) - Homophone: уз (uz)
Noun
ус • (us) m inan (genitive у́са, nominative plural усы́, genitive plural усо́в, diminutive у́сик, augmentative уси́ще)
Declension
Related terms
- уса́тый (usátyj)
- уса́ч (usáč)
Descendants
- → Komi-Zyrian: ус (us)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “усы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 293
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ūŕ. Compare to Kyrgyz уз (uz, “master”).
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ус”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN