барсъ
See also: барс
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
First attested in 1726. Borrowed from Turkic language (probably from Crimean Tatar bars, compare also Tatar барс (bars), Turkish pars, Kazakh барыс (barys)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bars, further borrowed from an unknown source. Related to Persian پارس (pârs) and Proto-Mongolic *bars, whence Mongolian бар (bar), Dongxiang basi.[1][2][3][4] Compare Russian барс (bars), from Middle Russian барсъ (bars), first attested since 1589.
Noun
барсъ • (bars) m anim (related adjective ба́рсовый)
- snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
- snow leopard skin
- … барсовъ два коней верховых покривать. ― … barsov dva konej verxovyx pokrivatʹ. ― cover riding horses with two skins of snow leopards
Related terms
adjectives
- ба́рсовый (bársovyj, “pertaining to snow leopard”)
Descendants
- Belarusian: барс (bars)
- Ukrainian: барс (bars), барса f (barsa)
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “барс”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 146: “ст. барсовым (1555)”
- Rudnyckyj, Ja. B. (1962–1972), “барс”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 83: “MUk. барсовым (1555), барсовъ (1726)”
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “барс₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 317: “з XVIII ст.”
- Anikin, A. E. (2008), “барс I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 232: “ст.-укр. барсъ XVIII в.”
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “барсъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: St. Publ. House of Ukraine, page 60