оса

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsa/

Noun

оса • (osá) f

1. wasp

See also

• пчела f (pčela)
• стършел m (stǎršel)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osa.

Noun

оса • (osa) f (plural оси)

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of оса

	singular	plural
indefinite	оса	оси
definite unspecified	осата	осите
definite proximal	осава	осиве
definite distal	осана	осине
vocative	осо	оси

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Russian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Slavic *osa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈsa]

Noun

оса́ • (osá) f anim (genitive осы́, nominative plural о́сы, genitive plural ос)

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of оса́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	оса́ osá	о́сы ósy
genitive	осы́ osý	о́с ós
dative	осе́ osé	о́сам ósam
accusative	осу́ osú	о́с ós
instrumental	осо́й, осо́ю osój, osóju	о́сами ósami
prepositional	осе́ osé	о́сах ósax

Related terms

• осиный (osinyj)
• осоед (osojed)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *osa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂.

Noun

о̀са f (Latin spelling òsa)

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of оса

	singular	plural
nominative	оса	осе
genitive	осе	оса
dative	оси	осама
accusative	осу	осе
vocative	осо	осе
locative	оси	осама
instrumental	осом	осама

Derived terms

• о̀сињӣ

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *osь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-.

Alternative forms

• о̑с (Croatia)

Noun

о̑са f (Latin spelling ȏsa)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) axis

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

1. wasp

References

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