барсъ

See also: барс

Old Ruthenian

First attested in 1726. Borrowed from Turkic language (probably from Crimean Tatar bars, compare also Tatar барс (bars), Turkish pars, Kazakh барыс (barys)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bars, further borrowed from an unknown source. Related to Persian (pârs) and Proto-Mongolic *bars, whence Mongolian бар (bar), Dongxiang basi.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Compare Russian барс (bars), from Middle Russian барсъ (bars), first attested since 1589.

барсъ • (bars) m (related adjective ба́рсовый)

snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
snow leopard skin
… барсовъ два коней верховых покривать. ― … barsov dva konej verxovyx pokrivatʹ. ― cover riding horses with two skins of snow leopards

adjectives

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “барс”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 146: “ст. барсовым (1555) ― st. barsovym (1555)”
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “барс”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 83: “MUk. барсовым (1555), барсовъ (1726)”
^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “барс₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 317: “з XVIII ст.”
^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “барс I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 232: “ст.-укр. барсъ XVIII в. ― st.-ukr. bars XVIII v.”