пёс

See also: пес

Belarusian

Alternative forms

pios — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian песъ (pes), from Old East Slavic пьсъ (pĭsŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ. Cognate with Russian пёс (pjos) and Ukrainian пес (pes).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʲos]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -os
Hyphenation: пёс

Noun

пёс • (pjos) m animal (genitive пса, nominative plural псы, genitive plural псоў)

(zoology) dog (Canis familiaris)
Synonym: саба́ка (sabáka)
- 1937, anonymous author, Arakuł albo mudraść Salamona, Vilnius, page 10:
  Nie dla psa kiłbasa.
  If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
  (literally, “The sausage is not for a dog.”)
- 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 10:
  Між іх вачыма пачаўся паядынак. Але капітан хутка здаўся. Ён схаваў свой ножык і апусціўся на крэсла, бармочачы, як пабіты пёс.
  Miž ix vačyma pačaŭsja pajadynak. Alje kapitan xutka zdaŭsja. Jon sxavaŭ svoj nóžyk i apusciŭsja na kresla, barmóčačy, jak pabity pjos.
  [original: Then followed a battle of looks between them; but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.]
- 2019, Сяргей Егарэйчанка, Дэманы доктара Глінскага‎^[1], Litres, →ISBN:
  Мужчына думаў, што сабака ўнюхаў закапаную костку, аднак на глыбіні сарака сантыметраў пёс дакапаўся да нечага значна больш страшнага.
  Mužčyna dumaŭ, što sabaka ŭnjuxaŭ zakapanuju kóstku, adnak na hlybini saraka santymjetraŭ pjos dakapaŭsja da nječaha značna bolʹš strašnaha.
  The man thought the dog had sniffed out a buried bone, but at a depth of forty centimeters, the dog dug up something much more terrifying.

Declension

Declension of пёс (anml hard masc-form accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пёс pjos	псы psy
genitive	пса psa	псоў psoŭ
dative	псу psu	псам psam
accusative	пса psa	псоў psoŭ
instrumental	псом psom	пса́мі psámi
locative	псе psje	псах psax
count form	—	псы¹ psy¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

“пёс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

пёсъ (pjos) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʲɵs]
Audio: (file)

Noun

пёс • (pjos) m anim (genitive пса, nominative plural псы, genitive plural псов, relational adjective пёсий or псо́вый or пси́ный, diminutive пёсик, augmentative пси́на or пси́ще)

dog
Synonym: соба́ка (sobáka)

созве́здие Большо́го Пса ― sozvézdije Bolʹšóvo Psa ― Canis Major, the Great Dog (constellation)

созве́здие Ма́лого Пса ― sozvézdije Málovo Psa ― Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog (constellation)

псу под хвост ― psu pod xvost ― go to pot, go to the dogs; all in vain

Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот ― Djadja Fjódor, pjos i kot ― Uncle Fyodor, the Dog, and the Cat (a children's novella by Eduard Uspensky)
male dog
Synonym: кобе́ль (kobélʹ)

Declension

Declension of пёс (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пёс pjós	псы́ psý
genitive	пса́ psá	псо́в psóv
dative	псу́ psú	пса́м psám
accusative	пса́ psá	псо́в psóv
instrumental	псо́м psóm	пса́ми psámi
prepositional	псе́ psé	пса́х psáx

Related terms

песе́ц m anim (peséc)
пёсий (pjósij)
пса́рня (psárnja)
псарь m anim (psarʹ)
пси́на (psína)
пси́ный (psínyj)
псо́вый (psóvyj)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пёс”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 25
Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пёс”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Krylov, G. A. (2004) “пёс”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пёс”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 297