узус

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Russian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From French usus.

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Noun

у́зус (úzusm inan (genitive у́зуса, nominative plural у́зусы, genitive plural у́зусов)

  1. (law) usage, standard, customary practice.
  2. (linguistics) usage (generally accepted use of language units)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūsus.[1]

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Noun

у́зус (úzusm inan (genitive у́зусу, uncountable) (literary)

  1. usage (customary, established practice)
  2. (linguistics) usage (generally accepted use of language units)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “узус”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 25

Further reading

  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “узус”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “узус”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • узус”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
  • узус”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)