вось

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Belarusian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vosʲ]
  • Rhymes: -osʲ
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic ось (osĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osь (axle).

Noun

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вось (vosʹf inan (genitive во́сі, nominative plural во́сі, genitive plural во́сей, relational adjective во́севы)

  1. axis
  2. axle
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Etymology 2

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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

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вось (vosʹ)

  1. here (is), this (is), there (is), that (is) (directing attention towards something)
    Вось і дом.Vosʹ i dom.Here/this is the house.
  2. what a, such a (expressing emphasis or strong emotion)
    Гэтага вось я і хацеў.Hetaha vosʹ ja i xacjeŭ.That's what I wanted
  3. (during an exclamation most often in conjunction with дык)
    Вось дык дзіва!Vosʹ dyk dziva!Wonderful!
    Вось табе і на!Vosʹ tabje i na!There you are!
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Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Р. М. Малько (1978) В. У. Мартынаў, editor, Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы, volume 2. В, Minsk: Навука і тэхніка, page 201

Further reading

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