# лось
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* łoś — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лось (losʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫosʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лось • (losʹ) m animal (genitive лася́, nominative plural ласі́, genitive plural ласёў)
* moose, elk, Alces alces
** 1910, Janka Kupała, Kurhan (Zbornik «Našaj Niwy»; 2), Wilnia: Drukarnia M. Kuchty, published 1912, page 5:Pušča—les nie šumić, biełka, łoś nie biažyć, Saławiej—ptuška ŭ toj čas ścichaje;The dense forest isn't making any noise, be it a squirrel or a moose, neither is running, The nightingale bird also becomes quiet at that particular moment;
** 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 32:Нарэшце, яны сустрэлі лася. Першай іх здабычай быў вялікі лось-самец.Narešcje, jany sustreli lasja. Pjeršaj ix zdabyčaj byŭ vjaliki lósʹ-samjec.[original: Then they came upon moose. It was a big bull they first found.]

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “лось” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* “лось”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* лѡсь (lôsʹ), лосъ (los)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лось (losĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȏlsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *alśis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólḱis, from *h₁el-. Cognate with Russian лось (losʹ), Old Polish łoś.

### Noun

лось • (losʹ) m animal
* elk (Alces alces)
    …и ѡт тых ѕвѣрѡв єдины на по́карⸯмъ ꙗко є́ленѣ, са́ръны, лѡ́сѣ, зꙋбре́ве ― …i ot tyx zvěrôv jediny na pókarm jako jéleně, sárny, lốsě, zubréve ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ричитⸯ лосъ егда иматⸯ траву ― ričit los ehda imat travu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    видѣломъ мѣсцо, гдѣ лося забито ― vidělom měsco, hdě losja zabito ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    кгды в остꙋпахъ поⸯмают албо забют лосѧ, еленѧ, вепра, анижели ѡ сто воловъ радовали ― gdy v ostupax pojmajut albo zabjut losja, elenja, vepra, aniželi o sto volov radovali ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: лось (losʹ); лусь (lusʹ), лэсь (lesʹ) (dialectal)
* Carpathian Rusyn: лось (losʹ)
* Ukrainian: лось (losʹ)

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olsь/*olsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 79

### Further reading

* Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), “лось”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 102
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “лось, лосъ II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 120

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лось (losĭ), from Proto-Slavic *olsь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“deer”), whence English elk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫosʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лось • (losʹ) m anim (genitive ло́ся, nominative plural ло́си, genitive plural лосе́й or ло́сей, feminine лоси́ха, relational adjective лоси́ный)
* moose (U.S., Canada), elk (British) (an animal belonging to the Alces genus)
    Synonym: (regional) соха́тый (soxátyj)

#### Related terms

* лосёнок m (losjónok)
* лося́тина f (losjátina)

### See also

* оле́нь m (olénʹ)

### Anagrams

* соль (solʹ)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лось (losʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫɔsʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лось • (losʹ) m animal (genitive ло́ся, nominative plural ло́сі, genitive plural ло́сів)
* elk, moose

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лось”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka