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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.
2. 2
   plural of yu form-of, plural
3. 3
   a Common Slavonic nasal vowel in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. wordnet

Particle

1. 1
   Alternative form of yes. alt-of, alternative, dialectal

   "Yus, to live in dirt, I feel is a `orrid degradation; but one thing I'd like to know, is it wus than living on it?"

Synonyms

All synonyms

yeahyes

Antonyms

All antonyms

no

Example

More examples

"Yus, to live in dirt, I feel is a `orrid degradation; but one thing I'd like to know, is it wus than living on it?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Dialectal form of yes.

Etymology 2

Russian юс (jus), from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.