трус

Belarusian

From Proto-Slavic *trǫsъ. Cognate to трэ́сці (trésci, “to shake (transitive)”). Compare with Russian трус (trus, “coward”).

трус • (trus) m animal (genitive труса́, nominative plural трусы́, genitive plural трусо́ў, feminine трусі́ха, relational adjective трусі́ны, diminutive тру́сік)

Declension of трус (anml hard masc-form accent-b)

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

трус • (trus) m inan (genitive тру́су, nominative plural тру́сы, genitive plural тру́саў)

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

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

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫsъ (“earthquake, shaking”), from *tręsǫ (“I shake”). Cognate to трясти́ (trjastí), тру́сить (trúsitʹ) and труси́ть (trusítʹ).

трус • (trus) m anim (genitive тру́са, nominative plural тру́сы, genitive plural тру́сов, feminine труси́ха)

coward
- 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 28”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
  Говоря́т, его́ кто́-то неда́вно поби́л, но он в долгу́ не оста́лся: в одно́й тёмной стате́йке, ти́снутой в одно́м тёмном журна́льце, он намекну́л, что поби́вший его́ — трус.
  Govorját, jevó któ-to nedávno pobíl, no on v dolgú ne ostálsja: v odnój tjómnoj statéjke, tísnutoj v odnóm tjómnom žurnálʹce, on nameknúl, što pobívšij jevó — trus.
  There is a story that someone recently gave him a beating, but that he secured his revenge: in an obscure little article, hidden away in some obscure little periodical, he hinted that the man who had beaten him was--a coward.
(obsolete) earthquake