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 (parusína)
• па́русник (párusnik)
• парусность (parusnostʹ)

• → Yakut: баарыс (baarıs)

• Mikkola, Jooseppi Julius (1902) “Объясненія нѣкоторыхъ славянскихъ словъ”, in Русскій филологическій вѣстникъ‎ (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

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From Old East Slavic парусъ (parusŭ), likely from 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 (2010–2023), “парус”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), 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