вось

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vosʲ]
• Rhymes: -osʲ

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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").

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

• вот (vot)
• во (vo)

Derived terms

• вось-вось (vosʹ-vosʹ)

Further reading

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