волосъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vȏlsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlɔsʊ/→/ˈʋɔlɔsʊ/→/ˈʋɔlɔːs/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlɔsʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlɔsʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlɔːs/

Hyphenation: во‧ло‧съ

Noun

волосъ (volosŭ) m

(strand of) hair

Declension

Declension of волосъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	волосъ volosŭ	волоса volosa	волоси volosi
genitive	волоса volosa	волосу volosu	волосъ volosŭ
dative	волосу volosu	волосома volosoma	волосомъ volosomŭ
accusative	волосъ volosŭ	волоса volosa	волосꙑ volosy
instrumental	волосъмь volosŭmĭ	волосома volosoma	волосꙑ volosy
locative	волосѣ volosě	волосу volosu	волосѣхъ volosěxŭ
vocative	волосе volose	волоса volosa	волоси volosi

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: во́лосъ (vólos)
- Belarusian: во́лас (vólas)
- Carpathian Rusyn: во́лос (vólos)
- Ukrainian: во́лос (vólos)
Russian: во́лос (vólos)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “волосъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 294