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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 • (bělus) m
- one who has a white, light or gray moustache
Descendants
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