лось

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olsь.

Noun

1. moose, elk, Alces alces

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лось (losĭ), from Proto-Slavic *olsь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“deer”), whence English elk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫosʲ]

• Audio:

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Noun

лось • (losʹ) m anim (genitive ло́ся, nominative plural ло́си, genitive plural лосе́й or ло́сей, feminine лоси́ха)

1. moose (U.S.), elk (British), Alces alces

Declension

Declension of лось (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-e/a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́сь lósʹ	ло́си lósi
genitive	ло́ся lósja	лосе́й, ло́сей loséj, lósej
dative	ло́сю lósju	лося́м, ло́сям losjám, lósjam
accusative	ло́ся lósja	лосе́й, ло́сей loséj, lósej
instrumental	ло́сем lósem	лося́ми, ло́сями losjámi, lósjami
prepositional	ло́се lóse	лося́х, ло́сях losjáx, lósjax

Related terms

• лосёнок m (losjónok)
• лося́тина f (losjátina)
• лоси́ный (losínyj)

See also

• оле́нь m (olénʹ)

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɔsʲ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

1. elk

References

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