гусь

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Belarusian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

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Noun

гусь (husʹf animal (genitive гу́сі, nominative plural гу́сі, genitive plural гусе́й, masculine гуса́к)

  1. goose (grazing waterfowl)
    • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 180:
      U bałotnych miejscoch jość babry, wydry i ahramadnyje stady dzikich husiej i kačak.
      There are beavers, otters, and huge flocks of wild geese and ducks in the marshy places.
    • 1940 [1826], James Fenimore Cooper, anonymous translator, Апошні з магікан, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Last of the Mohicans, page 38:
      У лясах шмат аленевых сцежак, і ўсе гэтыя сцежкі накіроўваюцца або да рэк або да саляных ям, адным словам, да пунктаў, вядомых кожнаму; апрача таго, і гусі не ўсе яшчэ пераляцелі да канадскіх водаў.
      U ljasax šmat aljenjevyx scježak, i ŭsje hetyja scježki nakiróŭvajucca abó da rek abó da saljanyx jam, adnym slóvam, da punktaŭ, vjadómyx kóžnamu; aprača tahó, i husi nje ŭsje jašče pjeraljacjeli da kanadskix vódaŭ.

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References

  • гусь”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • гусь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Noun

гусь (guś)

  1. thief

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include English goose.

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Noun

гусь (gusʹm anim (genitive гу́ся or гуся́, nominative plural гу́си, genitive plural гусе́й, feminine гусы́ня, relational adjective гуси́ный, diminutive гусёк)

  1. goose
    гусь гого́чет, га-га-га́gusʹ gogóčet, ga-ga-gáa goose honks

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

Noun

гусь (husʹm animal (genitive гуся́, nominative plural гу́си, genitive plural гусе́й)

  1. (archaic in the singular) goose

Usage notes

  • The term is considered archaic when used in the singular. In modern Ukrainian, the terms гуса́к (husák) and гу́ска (húska) are preferred in the singular (the former for a gander and the latter for a female goose).

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