нос

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Belarusian

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нос

чэрап

мозг

вока

губа

нос

рот

падбародак

сківіца

вуха

скронь

шыя

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nos]

• Audio:

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Noun

нос • (nos) m inan (genitive но́са, nominative plural насы́, genitive plural насо́ў)

1. nose

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	нос nos	насы́ nasý
genitive	но́са nósa	насо́ў nasów
dative	но́су nósu	наса́м nasám
accusative	нос nos	насы́ nasý
instrumental	но́сам nósam	наса́мі nasámi
locative	но́се nósje	наса́х nasáx
count form	—	но́сы1 nósy1

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

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔs]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

нос • (nos) m

1. nose
2. (of a shoe) toe
3. (of a ship) bow, head, prow
4. (geography) cape, promontory, foreland, gore

Declension

Declension of нос

	singular	plural
indefinite	нос nos	носове́ nosové
definite (subject form)	носъ́т nosǎ́t	носове́те nosovéte
definite (object form)	носа́ nosá
count form	—	но́са nósa

Derived terms

nouns

• но́здра (nózdra, “nostril”)
• (diminutive) носе́ (nosé)
• но́сер (nóser, “nose's tip”)
• (diminutive) носе́ц (noséc)
• (augmentative) но́сище (nósište)
• (diminutive) носле́ (noslé)

• носо- (noso-) (in compounds)
  • носоглъ́тка (nosoglǎ́tka, “pharynx”)
  • носоро́г (nosoróg, “rhinoceron”)

adjectives

• носа́т (nosát)
• но́сен (nósen)
• но́сест (nósest)
• но́сов (nósov)

• -нос (-nos) (in compounds)
  • дългоно́с (dǎlgonós, “with long nose”)
  • кривоно́с (krivonós, “with crooked nose”)
  • кукуно́с (kukunós, “with hook nose”)
  • остроно́с (ostronós, “with pointy nose”)
  • чипоно́с (čiponós, “with maimed nose”)

References

• “нос”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нос”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “носъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 281
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нос”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 686

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔs]

• Audio:

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Noun

нос • (nos) m (plural носови, relational adjective носен or назален, diminutive носе)

1. nose
2. (geography) cape, promontory, headland

   Synonym: ’рт (’rt)

Declension

Declension of нос

	singular	plural
indefinite	нос (nos)	носови (nosovi)
definite unspecified	носот (nosot)	носовите (nosovite)
definite proximal	носов (nosov)	носовиве (nosovive)
definite distal	носон (noson)	носовине (nosovine)
vocative	носу (nosu)	носови (nosovi)
count form	—	носа (nosa)

Nivkh

Pronunciation

Map of Nivkh Language: Ear

• IPA^(key): /nos/

Noun

нос (nos)

1. (Amur, Sakhalin) ear

Synonyms

• мла (mla) (Sakhalin)

Nivkh dialectal forms of нос (nos, “ear”)
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Group	Location	Words
Southern Sakhalin	Poronaysk
Eastern Sakhalin	Chaivo	эмла (emla) (əmla)
	Nyivo	мла (mla) (mla), эмла (emla) (əmla)
	Nogliki
	Chir-unvd	мла (mla) (mla)
Northern Sakhalin	Kuegda	нос (nos) (nos)
	Ten’gi	нос (nos) (nos)
	Tyk	нос (nos) (nos)
	Trambaus	мла (mla) (mla)
Amur	Men’shikova	нос (nos) (nos)
	Machlavo	нос (nos) (nos)
	Chomi	нос (nos) (nos)
	Kol’-Nikol’sk	нос (nos) (nos)
	Novo-Troitskoe	нос (nos) (nos)
This table shows various dialectal forms in the Nivkh language. The classification is based on major dialectal groups.

Pannonian Rusyn

Picture dictionary

нос

лопов

мозоґ

око

ґамба

нос

уста

брада

видлїца

ухо

слиха

шия

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak nos, from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn нус (nus) and Slovak nos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔs]
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Hyphenation: нос

Noun

нос (nos) m inan (diminutive нощок or носик, relational adjective носни or носови)

1. nose

   видуц нос ― viduc nos ― to blow the nose

   нє хпай нос до моїх стварох

   nje xpaj nos do mojix stvarox

   don't poke your nose into my stuff

2. (nautical) bow, rostrum (front of a boat or ship)
3. snout, muzzle

   Synonyms: нозґер (nozger), писки (piski), рило (rilo)

Declension

Declension of нос (nos)

	singular	plural
nominative	нос (nos)	носи (nosi)
genitive	носа (nosa)	носох (nosox)
dative	носу (nosu)	носом (nosom)
accusative	нос (nos)	носи (nosi)
instrumental	носом (nosom)	носами (nosami)
locative	носу (nosu)	носох (nosox)
vocative	носу (nosu)	носи (nosi)

Related terms

adjectives

• носати (nosati)

nouns

• носороґ m anim (nosorog)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “нос”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “nose”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 190
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “snout”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 288

Russian

Picture dictionary

нос

череп

мозг

глаз

губа

нос

рот

подбородок

челюсть

ухо

висок

шея

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Alternative forms

• носъ (nos) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Cognate with English nose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nos]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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• Rhymes: -os

Noun

нос • (nos) m inan (genitive но́са, nominative plural носы́, genitive plural носо́в, relational adjective носово́й, diminutive но́сик or носо́к, augmentative носи́ще or нося́ра or носи́на)

1. nose

   У него́ кровь идёт из но́са ― U nevó krovʹ idjót iz nósa ― His nose is bleeding.

2. bow, prow (boats)
3. forepart, point
4. horn (of an anvil)
5. headland, promontory, point (geology)
6. lip (for pouring)

Declension

Declension of нос (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	но́с nós	носы́ nosý
genitive	но́са nósa	носо́в nosóv
dative	но́су nósu	носа́м nosám
accusative	но́с nós	носы́ nosý
instrumental	но́сом nósom	носа́ми nosámi
prepositional	но́се nóse	носа́х nosáx
partitive	но́су nósu
locative	носу́ nosú

Derived terms

• безно́сый (beznósyj)
• на носу́ (na nosú, “at hand, imminent”)
• носа́тый (nosátyj)
• носа́ч m anim (nosáč)
• носо́к m (nosók)
• носу́ха f anim (nosúxa)
• под нос (pod nos)
• под но́сом (pod nósom)
• с но́са (s nósa, “apiece”)

Compound words:

• долгоно́сик m anim (dolgonósik)
• носогло́тка f (nosoglótka)
• носопы́рка f (nosopýrka)
• носоро́г m anim (nosoróg)
• ухогорлоно́с m anim (uxogorlonós)

Compounds:

• води́ть за́ нос impf (vodítʹ zá nos)
• да́льше своего́ но́са (dálʹše svojevó nósa)
• да́льше со́бственного но́са (dálʹše sóbstvennovo nósa)
• держа́ть нос по́ ветру impf (deržátʹ nos pó vetru)
• задра́ть нос pf (zadrátʹ nos), задира́ть нос impf (zadirátʹ nos)
• заруби́ть себе́ на носу́ pf (zarubítʹ sebé na nosú)
• нос к но́су (nos k nósu)
• но́сом зе́млю рыть impf (nósom zémlju rytʹ)
• пове́сить нос pf (povésitʹ nos)
• получи́ть по́ носу pf (polučítʹ pó nosu)
• сова́ть нос impf (sovátʹ nos)
• утере́ть нос pf (uterétʹ nos)
• щёлкнуть по́ носу pf (ščólknutʹ pó nosu)

Phrases

• кома́р но́са не подто́чит (komár nósa ne podtóčit)
• нос не доро́с (nos ne dorós)

Related terms

• курно́сый (kurnósyj)
• ноздрева́тый (nozdrevátyj)
• ноздря́ f (nozdrjá)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “нос”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Anagrams

• сон (son)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôːs/

Noun

но̑с m inan (Latin spelling nȏs, relational adjective но̀снӣ, diminutive но̀сић)

1. (anatomy) nose

Declension

Declension of нос

	singular	plural
nominative	но̑с	но̏сови
genitive	но̏са	носова
dative	носу	носовима
accusative	но̑с	носове
vocative	носу	носови
locative	но̀су	носовима
instrumental	носом	носовима

Derived terms

• но̏здрва
• но̀сат
• но̀сина
• но̀сница
• но̏сорог

Further reading

• “нос”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025