klus

See also: Klus, kļūs, kłus, Kłus, and Kłuś

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from klusat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklus]

Noun

klus m inan

1. trot

Declension

Declension of klus (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klus	klusy
genitive	klusu	klusů
dative	klusu	klusům
accusative	klus	klusy
vocative	kluse	klusy
locative	klusu	klusech
instrumental	klusem	klusy

Related terms

• klusat

 

Further reading

• klus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• klus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• klus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Backformation from the diminutive klusje, itself from earlier klutsje, from the verb klutsen (“to stir, mix”, also “to hammer, timber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʏs/

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Noun

klus m (plural klussen, diminutive klusje n)

1. task

Verb

klus

1. inflection of klussen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Czech klus, Slovene kljusati (“to amble”), dialectal Serbo-Croatian кљусати/kljusati (whence кљусе/kljuse (“nag”)), Old East Slavic клюся (kljusja, “foal”), dialectal Bulgarian клюсе (kljuse, “young horse”). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ushlaupan, “jump up”), German laufen and according to Matzenauer as quoted by Skok - Old High German hrys ( > German Roß) and Old Norse hryssa (“mare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɫus/

Noun

klus m inan (genitive singular klusu, nominative plural klusy, genitive plural klusov, declension pattern of dub)

1. trot

Declension

Declension of klus

	singular	plural
nominative	klus	klusy
genitive	klusu	klusov
dative	klusu	klusom
accusative	klus	klusy
locative	kluse	klusoch
instrumental	klusom	klusmi

Related terms

• poklus
• klusať

Further reading

• “klus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024