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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic ось (osĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osь (“axle”).
Noun
вось • (vosʹ) f inan (genitive во́сі, nominative plural во́сі, genitive plural во́сей, relational adjective во́севы)
- axis
- axle
Declension
Declension of вось (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Etymology 2
Cognate with Ukrainian ось (osʹ).
Russian восе (vose), Old Russian восе. From во and ce ("here", "this"). Also in the meaning of "then"; compare to Russian восеть ("lately").[1]
Particle
вось • (vosʹ)
- here (is), this (is), there (is), that (is) (directing attention towards something)
- Вось і дом. ― Vosʹ i dom. ― Here/this is the house.
- what a, such a (expressing emphasis or strong emotion)
- Гэтага вось я і хацеў. ― Hetaha vosʹ ja i xacjeŭ. ― That's what I wanted
- (during an exclamation most often in conjunction with дык)
- Вось дык дзіва! ― Vosʹ dyk dziva! ― Wonderful!
- Вось табе і на! ― Vosʹ tabje i na! ― There you are!
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References
- ^ Р. М. Малько (1978) В. У. Мартынаў, editor, Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы, volume 2. В, Minsk: Навука і тэхніка, page 201
Further reading
- “вось” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org