вось

Belarusian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vosʲ]
  • Rhymes: -osʲ
  • Audio(file)

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)

  1. axis
  2. axle
Declension
Declension of вось (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative вось
vosʹ		 во́сі
vósi
genitive во́сі
vósi		 во́сей
vósjej
dative во́сі
vósi		 во́сям
vósjam
accusative вось
vosʹ		 во́сі
vósi
instrumental во́ссю
vóssju		 во́сямі
vósjami
locative во́сі
vósi		 во́сях
vósjax
count form — во́сі1
vósi1

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)

  1. here (is), this (is), there (is), that (is) (directing attention towards something)
    Вось і дом. ― Vosʹ i dom. ― Here/this is the house.
  2. what a, such a (expressing emphasis or strong emotion)
    Гэтага вось я і хацеў. ― Hetaha vosʹ ja i xacjeŭ. ― That's what I wanted
  3. (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!
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • вось-вось (vosʹ-vosʹ)

References
  1. 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
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