# парус
## Russian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈparʊs]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

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

##### Phrases

* на всех паруса́х (na vsex parusáx)

#### Descendants

* → Yakut: баарыс (baarıs)

### References

* 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
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “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

### Further reading

* 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.

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈparʊs]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

па́рус • (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural па́руси, genitive plural па́русів, relational adjective па́русний)
* sail
    Synonym: вітри́ло (vitrýlo)

##### Related terms

* паруси́на (parusýna)
* па́русник (párusnyk)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

па́рус • (párus) m inan (genitive па́руса, nominative plural па́руси, genitive plural па́русів)
* (rare) lightray
    Synonym: про́мінь (próminʹ)

##### Declension
### References

* 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