klus

Deverbal from klusat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈklus]

klus m inan

1. trot

• “klus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /klʏs/

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Back-formation from klusje, itself from earlier klutsje, diminutive of kluts, from the verb klutsen (“to stir, mix”, also “to hammer, timber”).

klus m (plural klussen, diminutive klusje n)

1. task
2. odd job

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

klus

1. inflection of klussen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “klus2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Cognate with Czech klus, Slovene kljusati (“to amble”), dialectal Serbo-Croatian кљусати/kljusati (whence кљусе/kljuse (“nag”)), Old East Slavic клюся (kljusja, “foal”), dialectal Bulgarian клюсе (kljuse, “young horse”). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ushlaupan, “jump up”), German laufen and according to Matzenauer as quoted by Skok - Old High German hrys ( > German Roß) and Old Norse hryssa (“mare”).

• IPA^(key): [klus]

klus m inan

1. trot
2. jug, lope

• poklus
• klusať

• “klus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025