трус

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trǫsъ. Cognate to трэ́сці (trésci, to shake (transitive)). Compare with Russian трус (trus, coward).

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Noun

трус (trusm animal (genitive труса́, nominative plural трусы́, genitive plural трусо́ў, feminine трусі́ха, relational adjective трусі́ны, diminutive тру́сік)

  1. rabbit
    Synonym: кро́лік (królik)

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Noun

трус (trusm inan (genitive тру́су, nominative plural тру́сы, genitive plural тру́саў)

  1. earthquake

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References

  • трус” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫsъ (earthquake, shaking), from *tręsǫ (I shake). Cognate to трясти́ (trjastí), тру́сить (trúsitʹ) and труси́ть (trusítʹ).

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Noun

трус (trusm anim (genitive тру́са, nominative plural тру́сы, genitive plural тру́сов, feminine труси́ха)

  1. coward
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 28”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Говоря́т, его́ кто́-то неда́вно поби́л, но он в долгу́ не оста́лся: в одно́й тёмной стате́йке, ти́снутой в одно́м тёмном журна́льце, он намекну́л, что поби́вший его́ — трус.
      Govorját, jevó któ-to nedávno pobíl, no on v dolgú ne ostálsja: v odnój tjómnoj statéjke, tísnutoj v odnóm tjómnom žurnálʹce, on nameknúl, što pobívšij jevó — trus.
      There is a story that someone recently gave him a beating, but that he secured his revenge: in an obscure little article, hidden away in some obscure little periodical, he hinted that the man who had beaten him was--a coward.
  2. (obsolete) earthquake

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