юс

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ju̟s]

Noun

юс • (jus) m (relational adjective ю́сов)

1. (literally) Alternative form of въс (vǎs, “moustache, flagellum”)
2. (linguistics) yus, either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the old Cyrillic alphabet.

   малък юс ― malǎk jus ― little yus

   голям юс ― goljam jus ― big yus

Declension

Declension of юс

	singular	plural
indefinite	юс jus	ю́сове júsove
definite (subject form)	ю́сът júsǎt	ю́совете júsovete
definite (object form)	ю́са júsa
count form	—	ю́са júsa

References

• “юс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “юс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “юс”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1089

Russian

Alternative forms

• юсъ (jus) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jus]
• Homophone: юз (juz)

Noun

юс • (jus) m inan (genitive ю́са, nominative plural ю́сы, genitive plural ю́сов)

1. yus, either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the old Cyrillic alphabet.

   юс ма́лый ― jus mályj ― little yus

   юс большо́й ― jus bolʹšój ― big yus

Declension

Declension of юс (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ю́с jús	ю́сы júsy
genitive	ю́са júsa	ю́сов júsov
dative	ю́су júsu	ю́сам júsam
accusative	ю́с jús	ю́сы júsy
instrumental	ю́сом júsom	ю́сами júsami
prepositional	ю́се júse	ю́сах júsax