парус

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈparʊs]

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

1. sail

• паруси́на f (parusína)
• паруси́ть impf (parusítʹ)
• па́русник m (párusnik)
• па́русный (párusnyj), па́русность f (párusnostʹ)

Phrases

• на всех паруса́х (na vsex parusáx)

• → Yakut: баарыс (baarıs)

• Mikkola, Jooseppi Julius (1902) “Объясненія нѣкоторыхъ славянскихъ словъ”, in Русскій филологическій вѣстникъ‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 48, numbers 3–4, pages 277–278
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “парус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “парус”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 8
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “парус”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “парус”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 113

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “парус”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• IPA^(key): [ˈparʊs]

• Audio:

  (file)

From Old East Slavic парусъ (parusŭ), likely from Ancient Greek φᾶρος, φάρος (phâros, pháros, “large cloth, spread”).

па́рус • (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural па́руси, genitive plural па́русів, relational adjective па́русний)

1. sail

   Synonym: вітри́ло (vitrýlo)

• паруси́на (parusýna)
• па́русник (párusnyk)

From Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros, “lighthouse”).

па́рус • (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural па́руси, genitive plural па́русів)

1. (rare) lightray

   Synonym: про́мінь (próminʹ)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “парус”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “парус”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka