# пёс
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* pios — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian песъ (pes), from Old East Slavic пьсъ (pĭsŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ. Cognate with Russian пёс (pjos) and Ukrainian пес (pes).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʲos]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -os
* Hyphenation: пёс

### Noun

пёс • (pjos) m animal (genitive пса, nominative plural псы, genitive plural псоў)
* (zoology) dog (Canis familiaris)
    Synonym: саба́ка (sabáka)
** 1937, anonymous author, Arakuł albo mudraść Salamona, Vilnius, page 10:Nie dla psa kiłbasa.If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.(literally, “The sausage is not for a dog.”)
** 1938 [1883], Robert Louis Stevenson, anonymous translator, Востраў скарбаў, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Treasure Island, page 10:Між іх вачыма пачаўся паядынак. Але капітан хутка здаўся. Ён схаваў свой ножык і апусціўся на крэсла, бармочачы, як пабіты пёс.Miž ix vačyma pačaŭsja pajadynak. Alje kapitan xutka zdaŭsja. Jon sxavaŭ svoj nóžyk i apusciŭsja na kresla, barmóčačy, jak pabity pjos.[original: Then followed a battle of looks between them; but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.]
** 2019, Сяргей Егарэйчанка, Дэманы доктара Глінскага‎, Litres, →ISBN:Мужчына думаў, што сабака ўнюхаў закапаную костку, аднак на глыбіні сарака сантыметраў пёс дакапаўся да нечага значна больш страшнага.Mužčyna dumaŭ, što sabaka ŭnjuxaŭ zakapanuju kóstku, adnak na hlybini saraka santymjetraŭ pjos dakapaŭsja da nječaha značna bolʹš strašnaha.The man thought the dog had sniffed out a buried bone, but at a depth of forty centimeters, the dog dug up something much more terrifying.

#### Declension

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

### References

* “пёс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* пёсъ (pjos) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʲɵs]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

пёс • (pjos) m anim (genitive пса, nominative plural псы, genitive plural псов, relational adjective пёсий or псо́вый or пси́ный, diminutive пёсик, augmentative пси́на or пси́ще)
* dog
    Synonym: соба́ка (sobáka)
    созве́здие Большо́го Пса ― sozvézdije Bolʹšóvo Psa ― Canis Major, the Great Dog (constellation)
    созве́здие Ма́лого Пса ― sozvézdije Málovo Psa ― Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog (constellation)
    псу под хвост ― psu pod xvost ― go to pot, go to the dogs; all in vain
    Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот ― Djadja Fjódor, pjos i kot ― Uncle Fyodor, the Dog, and the Cat (a children's novella by Eduard Uspensky)
* male dog
    Synonym: кобе́ль (kobélʹ)

#### Related terms

* песе́ц m anim (peséc)
* пёсий (pjósij)
* пса́рня (psárnja)
* псарь m anim (psarʹ)
* пси́на (psína)
* пси́ный (psínyj)
* псо́вый (psóvyj)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пёс”, 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 25
* Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пёс”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
* Krylov, G. A. (2004) “пёс”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
* Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пёс”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 297