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]
  • (file)

Noun

па́рус (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural паруса́, genitive plural парусо́в)

  1. sail

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), парус”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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