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час

час

Belarusian

Noun

час (čas) m

  1. time

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃas/

Noun

час (čas) m

  1. hour
  2. lesson, class, period

Inflection


Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Noun

час (čas) m

  1. hour
  2. time

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕas]

Noun

час (čas) m inan (genitive ча́са or часа́, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́в)

  1. (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?
    часčasone o’clock
    час но́чиčas nóči ― one a.m.
    в часv čas ― at one o’clock
    оди́н часodín čas ― one hour
    два часа́dva časá ― two o’clock; two hours
    в два часа́v dva časá ― at two o’clock
  2. (plural) hours, o'clock
    пять часо́вpjatʹ časóv ― five o’clock; five hours
  3. (plural) clock, watch
    на мои́х часа́хna moíx časáx ― by my watch
    У моего́ бра́та не́сколько часо́вU mojevó bráta néskolʹko časóv ― My brother has several watches.
    Эти часы́ не иду́тEti časý ne idút ― This clock/watch doesn’t work.
  4. (poetic) time, day
    Час распла́ты наста́л.Čas raspláty nastál. ― The day of reckoning has arrived.

Usage notes

After numbers ending with 2, 3 or 4 (except for those ending with 12, 13 or 14), the stress of the genitive singular moves to the last syllable: два часа́, два́дцать три часа́, со́рок четы́ре часа́.

Declension

Related terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Noun

ча̏с m (Latin spelling čȁs)

  1. moment
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia) hour
  3. (Bosnia, Serbia) lecture, lesson, period

Declension


Tuvan

Noun

час (čas)

  1. spring

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɑs]

Noun

час (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часи́)

  1. time
  2. (grammar) tense

Declension

References

  • Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), час”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka