вус

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vus]

Noun

вус • (vus) m inan (genitive ву́са, nominative plural вусы́, genitive plural вусо́ў)

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

Declension

Declension of вус (inan hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	вус vus	вусы́ vusý
genitive	ву́са vúsa	вусо́ў vusóŭ
dative	ву́су vúsu	вуса́м vusám
accusative	вус vus	вусы́ vusý
instrumental	ву́сам vúsam	вуса́мі vusámi
locative	ву́се vúsje	вуса́х vusáx
count form	—	ву́сы1 vúsy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “вус” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wus]

Noun

вус • (vus) m inan (genitive ву́са, nominative plural ву́са or ву́си, genitive plural ву́сів)

1. (usually in the plural) moustache

   моя́ борода́ і мої́ ву́са ― mojá borodá i mojí vúsa ― my beard and my moustache

2. whisker
3. feeler, antenna

Declension

Declension of вус (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	вус vus	ву́са, ву́си vúsa, vúsy
genitive	ву́са vúsa	ву́сів vúsiv
dative	ву́сові, ву́су vúsovi, vúsu	ву́сам vúsam
accusative	вус vus	ву́са, ву́си vúsa, vúsy
instrumental	ву́сом vúsom	ву́сами vúsamy
locative	ву́сі vúsi	ву́сах vúsax
vocative	ву́се vúse	ву́са, ву́си vúsa, vúsy

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вус”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “вус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)