коўш

Belarusian

коўш

коўш

Alternative forms

• koŭš — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ковшь (kovšĭ), borrowed from Lithuanian káušas (“ladle, dipper, big spoon”), derived from Lithuanian káuti (“hew, chop out”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂-, from the root *kewh₂-. Compare Russian ковш (kovš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kou̯ʂ]

Noun

коўш • (koŭš) m inan (genitive каўша́, nominative plural каўшы́, genitive plural каўшо́ў, relational adjective каўшо́вы, diminutive ко́ўшык)

1. scoop, dipper, ladle

   зачэ́рпаць каўшо́м мукі́ ― začérpacʹ kaŭšóm mukí ― to scoop flour using a ladle

   ліце́йны коўш ― licjéjny koŭš ― foundry ladle

2. (colloquial) shoe

   Synonym: туфель (tufjelʹ)

3. bucket (of machinery)

   коўш экскава́тара ― koŭš ekskavátara ― excavator bucket

   коўш скрэ́пера ― koŭš skrépjera ― scraper bucket

   разлі́вачны коўш ― razlívačny koŭš ― casting bucket

Declension

Declension of коўш (inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	коўш koŭš	каўшы́ kaŭšý
genitive	каўша́ kaŭšá	каўшо́ў kaŭšóŭ
dative	каўшу́ kaŭšú	каўша́м kaŭšám
accusative	коўш koŭš	каўшы́ kaŭšý
instrumental	каўшо́м kaŭšóm	каўша́мі kaŭšámi
locative	каўшы́ kaŭšý	каўша́х kaŭšáx
count form	—	каўшы́1 kaŭšý1

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

Derived terms

• аднакаўшо́вы (adnakaŭšóvy, “single-bucket”)

 

References

• “коўш” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “коўш”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)