лёс
See also: лес and Appendix:Variations of "les"
Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian лїосъ (ljos). Compare Polish los.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲos]
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Noun
лёс • (ljos) m inan (genitive лёсу, nominative plural лёсы, genitive plural лёсаў)
- fate, destiny
- Synonym: до́ля (dólja)
- 1894, Francišak Bahuševič, Smyk białaruski, Poznań: R. Nikulski, page 10:
- Skłaŭ ja hora u tarbinu, / Aż u Meryku adwioz, — / Dumaŭ: tut abo ja zhinu, / Abo z hora budzie los.
- I packed my sorrow in a bag and took it all the way to America. I thought: I would either perish there, or the sorrow would change to a fortune.
Declension
Declension of лёс (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | лёс ljos |
лёсы ljósy |
| genitive | лёсу ljósu |
лёсаў ljósaŭ |
| dative | лёсу ljósu |
лёсам ljósam |
| accusative | лёс ljos |
лёсы ljósy |
| instrumental | лёсам ljósam |
лёсамі ljósami |
| locative | лёсе ljósje |
лёсах ljósax |
| count form | — | лёсы1 ljósy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “лиосъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 41
- “лёс”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “лёс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲɵs]
Noun
лёс • (ljos) f inan pl
- genitive plural of леса́ (lesá, “fishing line”)