юс

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jus]
  • Homophone: юз (juz)

Noun

юс • (jus) m inan (genitive ю́са, nominative plural ю́сы, genitive plural ю́сов)

  1. yus, either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the old Cyrillic alphabet.
    юс ма́лый ― jus mályj ― little yus
    юс большо́й ― jus bolʹšój ― big yus

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