бѣлоусъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *бѣлоѫсъ (*běloǫsŭ), from Proto-Slavic *běloǫsъ, from *bělъ (“white”) + *ǫ̃sъ (“moustache”). Cognate with Russian белоу́с (beloús), Czech bělovous.

Noun

бѣлоусъ • (bělous) m

1. one who has a white, light or gray moustache

Descendants

• Carpathian Rusyn: білоу́с (biloús)
• Ukrainian: білову́с (bilovús), білоу́с (biloús)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бєлоусъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 73