гусь

• huś — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

• IPA^(key): [ɣusʲ]

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гусь • (husʹ) f animal (genitive гу́сі, nominative plural гу́сі, genitive plural гусе́й, male equivalent гуса́к)

1. goose (grazing waterfowl)
   • 1916, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 180:

     U bałotnych miejscoch jość babry, wydry i ahramadnyje stady dzikich husiej i kačak.

     There are beavers, otters, and huge flocks of wild geese and ducks in the marshy places.

   • 1940 [1826], James Fenimore Cooper, anonymous translator, Апошні з магікан, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Last of the Mohicans, page 38:

     У лясах шмат аленевых сцежак, і ўсе гэтыя сцежкі накіроўваюцца або да рэк або да саляных ям, адным словам, да пунктаў, вядомых кожнаму; апрача таго, і гусі не ўсе яшчэ пераляцелі да канадскіх водаў.

     U ljasax šmat aljenjevyx scježak, i wsje hetyja scježki nakirówvajucca abó da rek abó da saljanyx jam, adnym slóvam, da punktaw, vjadómyx kóžnamu; aprača tahó, i husi nje wsje jašče pjeraljacjeli da kanadskix vódaw.

     [original: The woods are full of deer paths which run to the streams and licks, places well known to everybody; nor have the geese done their flight to the Canada waters, altogether!]

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɕ/, [ˈɡuɕ]

гусь • (guś)

1. thief

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь. Cognates include English goose.

• IPA^(key): [ɡusʲ]

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гусь • (gusʹ) m anim (genitive гу́ся or гуся́, nominative plural гу́си, genitive plural гусе́й, female equivalent гусы́ня, relational adjective гуси́ный, diminutive гусёк)

1. goose

   гусь гого́чет, га-га-га́ ― gusʹ gogóčet, ga-ga-gá ― a goose honks

   • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Сирена; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Siren, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020:

     — Жа́реные гу́си мастера́ па́хнуть, — сказа́л почё́тный мирово́й, тяжело́ дыша́.

     — Žárenyje gúsi masterá páxnutʹ, — skazál počótnyj mirovój, tjaželó dyšá.

     “Roast goose has an exquisite smell,” said the honorary justice, breathing heavily.

• пти́ца f (ptíca)

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• гуси-лебеди on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru
• Гусь-Хрустальный on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “гусь”, 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.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь

• IPA^(key): [ɦusʲ]

гусь • (husʹ) f animal (genitive гу́сі, nominative plural гу́си, genitive plural гусе́й)

1. (archaic in the singular) goose

• The term is considered archaic when used in the singular. In standard Ukrainian, the terms гуса́к (husák) and гу́ска (húska) are preferred in the singular (the former for a gander and the latter for a female goose).

• (goose onomatopoeia) ґеґе́кати (gegékaty), ґелґота́ти (gelgotáty), ґелґоті́ти (gelgotíty), ґе́ґати (gégaty), ґе́лґати (gélgaty), ґе́рґати (gérgaty) ґелкота́ти (gelkotáty), ґеркоті́ти (gerkotíty)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “гуси”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “гусь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “гуси”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]
• “гуси”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[3]