въс

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɤs]

• Audio:

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Noun

въс • (vǎs) m (dialectal)

1. moustache, facial hair
2. flagellum, tendril

Declension

Declension of въс

	singular	plural
indefinite	въс vǎs	въ́сове vǎ́sove
definite (subject form)	въ́сът vǎ́sǎt	въ́совете vǎ́sovete
definite (object form)	въ́са vǎ́sa
count form	—	въ́са vǎ́sa

Alternative forms

• юс (jus) — refers specifically to the obsolete Cyrillic letters ѧ and ѫ

Derived terms

• въ́ся се (vǎ́sja se, “to make a wry face”)
• въ́сца (vǎ́sca, “pimple”) (diminutive)
• въсе́ница (vǎsénica, “caterpillar”) (dialectal)
• въса́т (vǎsát, “having a moustache”) (dialectal)

References

• “въс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въс”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 214