лось

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лось

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лось (losʹ).

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Noun

лось (losʹm animal (genitive лася́, nominative plural ласі́, genitive plural ласёў)

  1. moose, elk, Alces alces
    • 1910, Janka Kupała, Kurhan (Zbornik «Našaj Niwy»; 2), Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, published 1912, page 5:
      Pušča—les nie šumić, biełka, łoś nie biažyć,
      Saławiej—ptuška ŭ toj čas ścichaje;
      The dense forest isn't making any noise, be it a squirrel or a moose, neither is running,
      The nightingale bird also becomes quiet at that particular moment;
    • 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 32:
      Нарэшце, яны сустрэлі лася. Першай іх здабычай быў вялікі лось-самец.
      Narešcje, jany sustreli lasja. Pjeršaj ix zdabyčaj byŭ vjaliki lósʹ-samjec.

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References

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

Old Ruthenian

лось

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лось (losĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȏlsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *alśis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólḱis, from *h₁el-.[1] Cognate with Russian лось (losʹ), Old Polish łoś.

Noun

лось (losʹm animal

  1. elk (Alces alces)
    …и ѡт тых ѕвѣрѡв єдины на по́карⸯмъ ꙗко є́ленѣ, са́ръны, лѡ́сѣ, зꙋбре́ве…i ot tyx zvěrôv jediny na pókarm jako jéleně, sárny, lốsě, zubréve(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ричитⸯ лосъ егда иматⸯ травуričit los ehda imat travu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    видѣломъ мѣсцо, гдѣ лося забитоvidělom měsco, hdě losja zabito(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    кгды в остꙋпахъ поⸯмают албо забют лосѧ, еленѧ, вепра, анижели ѡ сто воловъ радовалиgdy v ostupax pojmajut albo zabjut losja, elenja, vepra, aniželi o sto volov radovali(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: лось (losʹ); лусь (lusʹ), лэсь (lesʹ) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: лось (losʹ)
  • Ukrainian: лось (losʹ)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olsь/*olsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 79

Further reading

  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), “лось”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 102
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “лось, лосъ II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 120

Russian

 лоси on Russian Wikipedia
Лось

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лось (losĭ), from Proto-Slavic *olsь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (deer), whence English elk.

Pronunciation

Noun

лось (losʹm anim (genitive ло́ся, nominative plural ло́си, genitive plural лосе́й or ло́сей, feminine лоси́ха, relational adjective лоси́ный)

  1. moose (U.S., Canada), elk (British) (an animal belonging to the Alces genus)
    Synonym: (regional) соха́тый (soxátyj)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лось (losʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

лось (losʹm animal (genitive ло́ся, nominative plural ло́сі, genitive plural ло́сів)

  1. elk, moose

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