час

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʂas]
  • (file)

Noun

час (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́ў, related adjective часавы́)

  1. time
    Гэта толькі дарэмная трата часу.Heta tólʹki daremnaja trata času.It is a sheer waste of time.
    час годуčas hóduseason, time of year
  2. (grammar) tense
    будучы часbudučy časfuture tense
    мінулы часminuly časpast tense
    цяперашні часcjapjerašni časpresent tense

Declension

References

  • час” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃa̟s]

Noun

час (čas) m (related adjective ча́сов)

  1. hour (unit of time)
    по це́ли часове́po céli časovéover [a period of] many hours, for a long time
  2. o'clock
    двана́десет часа́dvanádeset časá12 o'clock
  3. time, hour (pinpointed instant in the day-night cycle)
    Колко е часът?Kolko e časǎt?What is the time?
  4. (poetic) suitable moment (to undertake something)
    настъ́пи заве́тният часnastǎ́pi zavétnijat časthe ultimate/conclusive moment has come
  5. (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)
  • часо́вник (časóvnik, watch, clock)
  • часово́й (časovój, sentry)

References

  • час in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • час in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃas]
  • (file)

Noun

час (čas) m

  1. hour
  2. time
  3. 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


Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕas]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

час (čas) m inan (genitive ча́са, nominative plural часы́, genitive plural часо́в, related adjective часово́й, diminutive ча́сик or часо́к)

  1. (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?
    часčasone o’clock
    час но́чиčas nóčione a.m.
    в часv časat one o’clock
    до ча́суdo čásuuntil one o’clock
    оди́н часodín časone hour
    два часа́dva časátwo o’clock; two hours
    в два часа́v dva časáat two o’clock
  2. (in the plural) hours, o'clock
    пять часо́вpjatʹ časóvfive o’clock; five hours
  3. (in the plural) clock, watch
    на мои́х часа́хna moíx časáxby 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.
  4. (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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kildin Sami: ча̄сс (čāss, hour, watch)
  • Yakut: чаас (çaas, hour)

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

Descendants


Tuvan

Etymology

From earlier *čaz < *yāz, from Proto-Turkic *yāŕ (spring, summer).

Noun

час (ças) (definite accusative часты, plural частар)

  1. spring

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃas]
  • (file)

Noun

час (čas) m inan (genitive ча́су, nominative plural часи́, genitive plural часі́в, related adjective часови́й)

  1. 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.
  2. (grammar) tense
    майбутній часmajbutnij časfuture tense
    простий минулий часprostyj mynulyj čassimple past tense
    теперішній часteperišnij časpresent tense

Declension

Derived terms

References

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