вось
Belarusian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic ось (osĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osь (“axle”).
Noun edit
вось • (vosʹ) f inan (genitive во́сі, nominative plural во́сі, genitive plural во́сей, relational adjective во́севы)
Declension edit
Declension of вось (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | вось vosʹ |
во́сі vósi |
genitive | во́сі vósi |
во́сей vósjej |
dative | во́сі vósi |
во́сям vósjam |
accusative | вось vosʹ |
во́сі vósi |
instrumental | во́ссю vóssju |
во́сямі vósjami |
locative | во́сі vósi |
во́сях vósjax |
count form | — | во́сі1 vósi1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Ukrainian ось (osʹ).
Russian восе (vose), Old Russian восе. From во and ce ("here", "this"). Also in the meaning of "then"; compare to Russian восеть ("lately").[1]
Particle edit
вось • (vosʹ)
- here (is), this (is), there (is), that (is) (directing attention towards something)
- what a, such a (expressing emphasis or strong emotion)
- (during an exclamation most often in conjunction with дык)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- вось-вось (vosʹ-vosʹ)
References edit
- ^ Р. М. Малько (1978) В. У. Мартынаў, editor, Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы, volume 2. В, Minsk: Навука і тэхніка, page 201
Further reading edit
- “вось” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org