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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
юс • (jus) m (relational adjective ю́сов)
- (literally) Alternative form of въс (vǎs, “moustache, flagellum”)
- (linguistics) yus, either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the old Cyrillic alphabet.
- малък юс ― malǎk jus ― little yus
- голям юс ― goljam jus ― big yus
Declension
Declension of юс
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singular
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plural
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юс
jus
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ю́сове
júsove
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definite
(subject form)
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ю́сът
júsǎt
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ю́совете
júsovete
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definite
(object form)
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ю́са
júsa
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| count form
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ю́са
júsa
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References
- “юс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “юс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “юс”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1089
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
юс • (jus) m inan (genitive ю́са, nominative plural ю́сы, genitive plural ю́сов)
- yus, either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the old Cyrillic alphabet.
- юс ма́лый ― jus mályj ― little yus
- юс большо́й ― jus bolʹšój ― big yus
Declension