ось

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ось (osĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osь (axle).

In the sense of "operating system", is an adaptation of the English acronym OS in the same sense.

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Noun

ось (osʹf inan (genitive о́си, nominative plural о́си, genitive plural осе́й, relational adjective осево́й)

  1. axis
  2. axle
  3. (computer slang) operating system

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ось”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ось”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 609
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “ось”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 752

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

A merger of о (o) +‎ се (se) which underwent subsequent reduction.[1] Cognate with Belarusian вось (vosʹ).

Pronunciation

Particle

ось (osʹ)

  1. here (is), this (is), there (is), that (is)
    Synonym: от (ot)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ось”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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