барсъ

See also: барс

Old Ruthenian

барсъ (sense 1)

First attested in 1726. Borrowed from Turkic language (probably from Crimean Tatar bars, compare also Tatar барс (bars), Turkish pars, Kazakh барыс (barys)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bars, further borrowed from an unknown source. Related to Persian (pârs) and Proto-Mongolic *bars, whence Mongolian бар (bar), Dongxiang basi.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Compare Russian барс (bars), from Middle Russian барсъ (bars), first attested since 1589.

барсъ • (bars) m (related adjective ба́рсовый)

snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
snow leopard skin
… барсовъ два коней верховых покривать. ― … barsov dva konej verxovyx pokrivatʹ. ― cover riding horses with two skins of snow leopards

adjectives

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “барс”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 146: “ст. барсовым (1555) ― st. barsovym (1555)”
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “барс”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 83: “MUk. барсовым (1555), барсовъ (1726)”
^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “барс₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 317: “з XVIII ст.”
^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “барс I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 232: “ст.-укр. барсъ XVIII в. ― st.-ukr. bars XVIII v.”