узус

Russian

Alternative forms

• у́зусъ (úzus) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From French usus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuzʊs]

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Noun

у́зус • (úzus) m inan (genitive у́зуса, nominative plural у́зусы, genitive plural у́зусов)

1. (law) usage, standard, customary practice.
2. (linguistics) usage (generally accepted use of language units)

Declension

Declension of у́зус (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	у́зус úzus	у́зусы úzusy
genitive	у́зуса úzusa	у́зусов úzusov
dative	у́зусу úzusu	у́зусам úzusam
accusative	у́зус úzus	у́зусы úzusy
instrumental	у́зусом úzusom	у́зусами úzusami
prepositional	у́зусе úzuse	у́зусах úzusax

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuzʊs]

Noun

у́зус • (úzus) m inan (genitive у́зусу, uncountable) (literary)

1. usage (customary, established practice)
2. (linguistics) usage (generally accepted use of language units)

Declension

Declension of у́зус (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	у́зус úzus
genitive	у́зусу úzusu
dative	у́зусові, у́зусу úzusovi, úzusu
accusative	у́зус úzus
instrumental	у́зусом úzusom
locative	у́зусу, у́зусі úzusu, úzusi
vocative	у́зусе úzuse

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1979), “узус”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (Т – Ф), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 409
• “узус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “узус”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “узус”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “узус”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “узус”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)