парус

Russian

парус

Etymology

From Old East Slavic парусъ (parusŭ), of uncertain origin. Either to be connected to Livonian pūŗaz (“sail”), Lithuanian bura (“sail”), Lithuanian bùrė (“sail”), or borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾶρος, φάρος (phâros, pháros, “large cloth, spread”), for which latter compare у́ксус (úksus, “vinegar”) and па́рдус (párdus, “pard”), known Greek borrowings.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈparʊs]
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Noun

па́рус • (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural паруса́, genitive plural парусо́в, related adjective па́русный)

sail

Declension

Declension of па́рус (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg)

	singular	plural
nominative	па́рус párus	паруса́^△ parusá^△
genitive	па́руса párusa	парусо́в parusóv
dative	па́русу párusu	паруса́м parusám
accusative	па́рус párus	паруса́^△ parusá^△
instrumental	па́русом párusom	паруса́ми parusámi
prepositional	па́русе páruse	паруса́х parusáx

^△Irregular.

Related terms

паруси́на (parusína)
па́русник (párusnik)
парусность (parusnostʹ)

Descendants

→ Yakut: баарыс (baarıs)

References

Mikkola, Jooseppi Julius (1902), “Объясненія нѣкоторыхъ славянскихъ словъ”, in Русскій филологическій вѣстникъ‎ (in Russian), volume 48, issue 3–4, pages 277–278
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “парус”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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