лёс

See also: лес and Appendix:Variations of "les"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• los — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лїосъ (ljos). Compare Polish los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲos]

• Audio:

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Noun

лёс • (ljos) m inan (genitive лёсу, nominative plural лёсы, genitive plural лёсаў)

1. fate, destiny

   Synonym: до́ля (dólja)

   • 1894, Francišak Bahuševič, Smyk białaruski, Poznań: R. Nikulski, page 10:

     Skłaŭ ja hora u tarbinu, / Aż u Meryku adwioz, — / Dumaŭ: tut abo ja zhinu, / Abo z hora budzie los.

     I packed my sorrow in a bag and took it all the way to America. I thought: I would either perish there, or the sorrow would change to a fortune.

Declension

Declension of лёс (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	лёс ljos	лёсы ljósy
genitive	лёсу ljósu	лёсаў ljósaŭ
dative	лёсу ljósu	лёсам ljósam
accusative	лёс ljos	лёсы ljósy
instrumental	лёсам ljósam	лёсамі ljósami
locative	лёсе ljósje	лёсах ljósax
count form	—	лёсы1 ljósy1

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

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “лиосъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 41
• “лёс”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “лёс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɵs]

Noun

лёс • (ljos) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of леса́ (lesá, “fishing line”)