осот

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic осътъ (osŭtŭ), from Proto-Slavic *osъtъ. Cognate with Church Slavonic осътъ (osŭtŭ), Ukrainian осо́т (osót), Belarusian осо́т (osót), Slovene ósət, Czech oset (gen. sg. ostu), Polish oset (gen. sg. ostu).

Per Vasmer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), cognate with Lithuanian ãšutas (“thick horsehair”) (nom. pl. ašutaĩ), also ãšatas, Latvian asns (“sprout”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “thistle”), ἄκαινα (ákaina, “sharp point, thorn”), ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus, thorn”), Latin acus (“needle”), acuō (“to sharpen”) (infinitive acuere). Compare осота́ (osotá, “prickly grass; thin riverbank overgrown with sedges”), possibly a contamination of осо́т (osót) with осо́ка (osóka, “sedge”) (also осока́ (osoká)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈsot]

Noun

осо́т • (osót) m inan (genitive осо́та, nominative plural осо́ты, genitive plural осо́тов)

1. Sonchus, sow thistle

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	осо́т osót	осо́ты osóty
genitive	осо́та osóta	осо́тов osótov
dative	осо́ту osótu	осо́там osótam
accusative	осо́т osót	осо́ты osóty
instrumental	осо́том osótom	осо́тами osótami
prepositional	осо́те osóte	осо́тах osótax