ус

See also: үс, ӱс, YC, ᎩᏟ, and yC

Bashkir

Ус [1]

Бер ус [2] һыу

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).

Cognate with Kazakh уыс (uys), Kyrgyz ууч (uuc, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [us]
• Hyphenation: ус (one syllable)

Noun

ус • (us)

1. (anatomy) palm

   Һиҙәм: бына, маңлайымдан һыйпай йәп-йәш әжәлемдең һалҡын усы. (Mustai Karim)

   Hiźəm: bına, mañlayımdan hıypay yəp-yəş əjəlemdeñ halqın usı.

   I feel: here, the cool palm of my very young death strokes along my forehead.

2. handful

Declension

Declension of ус (us)

	singular	plural
absolute	ус (us)	устар (ustar)
definite genitive	устың (ustıñ)	устарҙың (ustarźıñ)
dative	усҡа (usqa)	устарға (ustarğa)
definite accusative	усты (ustı)	устарҙы (ustarźı)
locative	уста (usta)	устарҙа (ustarźa)
ablative	устан (ustan)	устарҙан (ustarźan)

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Even

Etymology

Akin to Evenki уксэ (uksə).

Noun

ус (us)

1. sleeve

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Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ус (us).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈus/, [ˈus]
• Hyphenation: ус

Noun

ус • (us)

1. moustache

References

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 32
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 685

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Mongolian

ус

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *usun. Cognate with Buryat уһан (uhan), Kalmyk усн (usn), Daur os, Dongxiang usu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊs/, [o̙s]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʊs/
• IPA^(key): /ʊsʊ/

Noun

ус • (us) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠰᠤ (usu)); (hidden-n declension)

1. water

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Ossetian

Noun

ус • (us)

1. woman

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Russian

Alternative forms

• усъ (us) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ < *vǫsъ < *vǫdsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wónsa, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰsom, s-expansion of root *wendʰ- (“hair, wool, beard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [us]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: уз (uz)

Noun

ус • (us) m inan (genitive у́са, nominative plural усы́, genitive plural усо́в, diminutive у́сик, augmentative уси́ще)

1. (usually in the plural) moustache
2. whisker
3. feeler, antenna
4. tendril, awn

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	у́с ús	усы́ usý
genitive	у́са úsa	усо́в usóv
dative	у́су úsu	уса́м usám
accusative	у́с ús	усы́ usý
instrumental	у́сом úsom	уса́ми usámi
prepositional	у́се úse	уса́х usáx

Descendants

• → Komi-Zyrian: ус (us)

Related terms

• уса́тый (usátyj)
• уса́ч (usáč)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “усы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 293

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ūŕ. Compare to Kyrgyz уз (uz, “master”).

Noun

ус • (us)

1. master

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ус”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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Udi

Noun

ус • (us)

1. ox