час

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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Noun

час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́ў, relational adjective часавы́)

1. time

   Гэта толькі дарэмная трата часу. ― Heta tólʹki daremnaja trata času. ― It is a sheer waste of time.

   час году ― čas hódu ― season, time of year

2. (grammar) tense

   будучы час ― budučy čas ― future tense

   мінулы час ― minuly čas ― past tense

   цяперашні час ― cjapjerašni čas ― present tense

Declension

References

• “час” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Час

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Alternative forms

• часъ (čas) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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Noun

час • (čas) m (relational adjective ча́сов)

1. hour (unit of time)

   по це́ли часове́ ― po céli časové ― over many hours, for a long time

2. o'clock

   двана́десет часа́ ― dvanádeset časá ― 12 o'clock

3. time, hour (pinpointed instant in the day-night cycle)

   Колко е часът? ― Kolko e časǎt? ― What is the time?

4. (poetic) suitable moment (to undertake something)

   настъ́пи заве́тният час ― nastǎ́pi zavétnijat čas ― the ultimate/conclusive moment has come

5. (education) lesson, class, period

Usage notes

• Note the difference between два ча́са (dva čása, “two hours”) and два часа́ (dva časá, “two o'clock”).

Declension

Derived terms

• до час (do čas, “not for long, recently/soon”)
• за час (za čas) (colloquial), завча́с (zavčás, “quickly, rapidly”) (literally: “up to an hour”)
• на часа́ (na časá, “almost immediately, instantly”) (adverb)
• час по-скоро (čas po-skoro, “as soon as possible”)
• часо́вник (časóvnik, “watch, clock”)
  • часовника́р (časovnikár, “watch-maker”)
• часово́й (časovój, “sentry”)

References

• “час”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “час”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• сач (sač)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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час • (čas) m

1. hour
2. time
3. o'clock

   Колку е часот? - Три часот е. ― Kolku e časot? - Tri časot e. ― What time is it? - It's 3 o'clock.

   Автобусот за Скопје тргнува во 5 часот. ― Avtobusot za Skopje trgnuva vo 5 časot. ― The bus for Skopje leaves at 5 o'clock.

Declension

Further reading

• “час” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
• “час” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• час in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāŕ.

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Noun

час • (čas)

1. spring

References

• L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “час”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN

Russian

Alternative forms

• часъ (čas) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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• Rhymes: -as

Noun

час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́са, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́в, relational adjective часово́й, diminutive ча́сик or часо́к)

1. (in the singular) hour, o'clock, time, time of day

   Кото́рый час? ― Kotóryj čas? ― What time is it?

   В кото́ром часу́? ― V kotórom časú? ― At what time?

   час ― čas ― one o’clock

   час но́чи ― čas nóči ― one a.m.

   в час ― v čas ― at one o’clock

   до ча́су ― do čásu ― until one o’clock

   оди́н час ― odín čas ― one hour

   два часа́ ― dva časá ― two o’clock; two hours

   в два часа́ ― v dva časá ― at two o’clock

2. (in the plural) hours, o'clock

   пять часо́в ― pjatʹ časóv ― five o’clock; five hours

3. (in the plural) clock, watch

   на мои́х часа́х ― na moíx časáx ― by my watch

   У моего́ бра́та не́сколько часо́в. ― U mojevó bráta néskolʹko časóv. ― My brother has several watches.

   Э́ти часы́ не иду́т. ― Éti časý ne idút. ― This clock/watch doesn’t work.

4. (poetic) time, day

   Час распла́ты наста́л. ― Čas raspláty nastál. ― The day of reckoning has arrived.

Usage notes

• After numbers in the nominative/accusative case that govern genitive singular nouns (those ending in 2, 3 or 4, but not those ending in 12, 13 or 14), the stress of the genitive singular moves to the last syllable: два часа́ (dva časá), два́дцать три часа́ (dvádcatʹ tri časá), со́рок четы́ре часа́ (sórok četýre časá).

Declension

Derived terms

• сейча́с (sejčás, “now, currently”)
• то́тчас (tótčas, “instantly, immediately”)
• ца́рские часы́ (cárskije časý, “Great Hours”)

Related terms

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: ча̄сс (čāss, “hour, watch”)
• → Yakut: чаас (caas, “hour”)

Further reading

• час in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Noun

ча̏с m (Latin spelling čȁs)

1. moment
2. (Bosnia, Serbia) hour
3. (Bosnia, Serbia) lecture, lesson, period

Declension

Descendants

• → Albanian: çast

Further reading

• “час” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tuvan

Etymology

From earlier *čaz < *yāz, from Proto-Turkic *yāŕ (“spring, summer”).

Noun

час • (ças) (definite accusative часты, plural частар)

1. spring

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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Noun

час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часи́, genitive plural часі́в, relational adjective часови́й)

1. time

   Їй треба було часу для обдумування. ― Jij treba bulo času dlja obdumuvannja. ― She wanted time to think it over.

   Можеш дзвонити мені у будь-який час. ― Možeš dzvonyty meni u budʹ-jakyj čas. ― You can call me any time.

   Я добре провела час на вечірці. ― Ja dobre provela čas na večirci. ― I had a good time at the party.

2. (grammar) tense

   майбутній час ― majbutnij čas ― future tense

   простий минулий час ― prostyj mynulyj čas ― simple past tense

   теперішній час ― teperišnij čas ― present tense

Declension

Derived terms

• суча́сний (sučásnyj)
• суча́сник (sučásnyk)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “час”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “час”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)