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час
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"
Belarusian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́ў, relational adjective часавы́)
- time
- Гэта толькі дарэмная трата часу. ― Heta tólʹki daremnaja trata času. ― It is a sheer waste of time.
- час году ― čas hódu ― season, time of year
- (grammar) tense
- будучы час ― budučy čas ― future tense
- мінулы час ― minuly čas ― past tense
- цяперашні час ― cjapjerašni čas ― present tense
Declension
Declension of час (inan hard masc-form accent-c)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “час” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- часъ (čas) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m (relational adjective ча́сов)
- hour (unit of time)
- o'clock
- двана́десет часа́ ― dvanádeset časá ― 12 o'clock
- time, hour (pinpointed instant in the day-night cycle)
- Колко е часът? ― Kolko e časǎt? ― What is the time?
- (poetic) suitable moment (to undertake something)
- настъ́пи заве́тният час ― nastǎ́pi zavétnijat čas ― the ultimate/conclusive moment has come
- (education) lesson, class, period
Usage notes
- Note the difference between два ча́са (dva čása, “two hours”) and два часа́ (dva časá, “two o'clock”).
Declension
Derived terms
- до час (do čas, “not for long, recently/soon”)
- за час (za čas) (colloquial), завча́с (zavčás, “quickly, rapidly”) (literally: “up to an hour”)
- на часа́ (na časá, “almost immediately, instantly”, adverb)
- час по-скоро (čas po-skoro, “as soon as possible”)
- часо́вник (časóvnik, “watch, clock”)
- часовника́р (časovnikár, “watch-maker”)
- часово́й (časovój, “sentry”)
References
Anagrams
- сач (sač)
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Carpathian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian часъ (čas), from Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m inan
Declension
declension of час
Further reading
- Kercha (2007), “час”
- «Русиньскый язык» у світлі русинської лексики: ПЛЇШКОВА, A.: лексіколоґія і словотворїня русиньского языка. Пряшів 2015.
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m
- hour
- time
- o'clock
- Колку е часот? - Три часот е. ― Kolku e časot? - Tri časot e. ― What time is it? - It's 3 o'clock.
- Автобусот за Скопје тргнува во 5 часот. ― Avtobusot za Skopje trgnuva vo 5 časot. ― The bus for Skopje leaves at 5 o'clock.
Declension
Further reading
- “час” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
- “час” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
- час in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
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Northern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yāŕ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas)
References
Seasons in Northern Altai (layout · text) · category | |||
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spring: час (čas) |
summer: тьай (tʹay), дьай (dʹay), чай (čay), йай (yay) |
autumn: кӱс (küs) |
winter: кыш (kïš) |
- L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “час”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN
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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak čas, from Proto-Slavic *časъ. Cognates include Slovak čas and Carpathian Rusyn час (čas).
Pronunciation
Noun
час (čas) m inan (related adjective часови)
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “час”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
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Russian
Alternative forms
- часъ (čas) — pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́са, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́в, relational adjective часово́й, diminutive ча́сик or часо́к)
- (in the singular) hour, o'clock, time, time of day
- Кото́рый час? ― Kotóryj čas? ― What time is it?
- В кото́ром часу́? ― V kotórom časú? ― At what time?
- час ― čas ― one o’clock
- час но́чи ― čas nóči ― one a.m.
- в час ― v čas ― at one o’clock
- до ча́су ― do čásu ― until one o’clock
- оди́н час ― odín čas ― one hour
- два часа́ ― dva časá ― two o’clock; two hours
- в два часа́ ― v dva časá ― at two o’clock
- (in the plural) hours, o'clock
- пять часо́в ― pjatʹ časóv ― five o’clock; five hours
- (in the plural) clock, watch
- на мои́х часа́х ― na moíx časáx ― by my watch
- У моего́ бра́та не́сколько часо́в. ― U mojevó bráta néskolʹko časóv. ― My brother has several watches.
- Э́ти часы́ не иду́т. ― Éti časý ne idút. ― This clock/watch doesn’t work.
- (poetic) time, day
- Час распла́ты наста́л. ― Čas raspláty nastál. ― The day of reckoning has arrived.
Usage notes
- After numbers in the nominative/accusative case that govern genitive singular nouns (those ending in 2, 3 or 4, but not those ending in 12, 13 or 14), the stress of the genitive singular moves to the last syllable: два часа́ (dva časá), два́дцать три часа́ (dvádcatʹ tri časá), со́рок четы́ре часа́ (sórok četýre časá).
Declension
* Used with the numbers 1.5, 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
Compound words:
- килова́тт-час m (kilovátt-čas)
- маши́но-час m (mašíno-čas)
- часосло́в m (časoslóv)
- челове́ко-час m (čelovéko-čas)
Compounds:
- адмира́льский час m (admirálʹskij čas)
- коменда́нтский час m (komendántskij čas)
- ти́хий час m (tíxij čas)
- хали́ф на час m anim (xalíf na čas)
- ца́рские часы́ (cárskije časý, “Great Hours”)
- час пик m (čas pik)
- Phrases
- стоя́ть на часа́х impf (stojátʹ na časáx)
- час о́т часу не ле́гче (čas ót času ne léxče)
- Proverbs
- де́лу — вре́мя, поте́хе — час (délu — vrémja, potéxe — čas)
Descendants
- → Kildin Sami: ча̄сс (čāss, “hour, watch”)
- → Yakut: чаас (caas, “hour”)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “час”, 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.
- час in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Noun
ча̏с m inan (Latin spelling čȁs)
Declension
Descendants
- → Albanian: çast
Further reading
- “час”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Tuvan
Etymology
From earlier *čaz < *yāz, from Proto-Turkic *yāŕ (“spring, summer”).
Noun
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
час • (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часи́, genitive plural часі́в, relational adjective часови́й)
- time
- Їй треба було часу для обдумування. ― Jij treba bulo času dlja obdumuvannja. ― She wanted time to think it over.
- Можеш дзвонити мені у будь-який час. ― Možeš dzvonyty meni u budʹ-jakyj čas. ― You can call me any time.
- Я добре провела час на вечірці. ― Ja dobre provela čas na večirci. ― I had a good time at the party.
- (grammar) tense
- майбутній час ― majbutnij čas ― future tense
- простий минулий час ― prostyj mynulyj čas ― simple past tense
- теперішній час ― teperišnij čas ― present tense
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “час”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “час”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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