час

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

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, relational adjective часавы́)

  1. 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
  2. (grammar) tense
    будучы час ― budučy čas ― future tense
    мінулы час ― minuly čas ― past tense
    цяперашні час ― cjapjerašni čas ― present tense

Declension

References

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

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃa̟s]
  • (file)

Noun

час • (čas) m (relational adjective ча́сов)

  1. hour (unit of time)
    по це́ли часове́ ― po céli časové ― over [a period of] many hours, for a long time
  2. o'clock
    двана́десет часа́ ― dvanádeset časá ― 12 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 час ― nastǎ́pi zavétnijat čas ― the 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)
  • час по-скоро (čas po-skoro, “as soon as possible”)
  • часо́вник (časóvnik, “watch, clock”)
  • часово́й (časovój, “sentry”)

References

  • “час”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “час”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited 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

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)

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāŕ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃas]
  • Hyphenation: час

Noun

час • (čas)

  1. spring

References

Seasons in Northern Altai · (layout · text) · category
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

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, relational 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?
    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
  2. (in the plural) hours, o'clock
    пять часо́в ― pjatʹ časóv ― five o’clock; five hours
  3. (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.
  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 (caas, “hour”)

Further reading

  • час in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Noun

ча̏с m (Latin spelling čȁs)

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

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • “час” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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, relational 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 час ― majbutnij čas ― future tense
    простий минулий час ― prostyj mynulyj čas ― simple past tense
    теперішній час ― teperišnij čas ― present tense

Declension

Derived terms

References

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