Русь

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Belarusian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Русь (Rusʹ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Русь (Rusʹf inan (genitive Русі́, uncountable, relational adjective ру́скі)

  1. (historical) Rus (a people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century)
  2. (historical) Rus (any of the medieval East Slavic principalities established by Scandinavian warrior merchants)
    Кі́еўская РусьKíjeŭskaja RusʹKievan Rus
  3. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)

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References

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “Русь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 485
  • Русь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • "Русь" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum

Old East Slavic

Etymology

    Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *roocci (Swedes), probably from Old Swedish Roþrin, the name of a region of Sweden lying opposite Finland (see Roden). Cognate with Finnish Ruotsi, Estonian Rootsi.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrusɪ//ˈrusʲɪ//ˈrusʲ/
    • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrusɪ/
    • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrusʲɪ/
    • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrusʲ/

    Proper noun

    Русь (Rusĭf (genitive Руси)

    1. (collectively) Name of a group of Varangians, the ruling class in the principalities of Rus.
      • Hypatian Codex
        Афетово же колѣно и то Варѧзи . Свеи . Оурманє . Готѣ . Русь . Аглѧнѣ . Галичанѣ . Волохове . Римлѧнѣ . Нѣмци . Корлѧзи . Венедици . Фрѧговѣ . и прочии присѣдѧть ѿ запада къ полуденью. и съсѣдѧтсѧ съ племенем̑ Хамовомъ.
        Afetovo že kolěno i to Varęzi . Svei . Urmane . Gotě . Rusĭ . Aglęně . Galičaně . Voloxove . Rimlęně . Němci . Korlęzi . Venedici . Fręgově . i pročii prisědętĭ otŭ zapada kŭ poludenĭju. i sŭsědętsę sŭ plemenem̑ Xamovomŭ.
        The offspring of Japheth were the Varangians, Swedes, Norsemen, Goths, Rusĭ, Angles, Galicians, Vlachs, Romans, Germans, Korlyazi , Venetians, Fryazi and others. In the west they are ajacent to the southern countries, and neighbours with the Hamites.
      • Hypatian Codex s.a. 6370 (862)
        идоша за море к Варѧгом̑ . к Руси . сіце бо звахуть . ты Варѧ̑гы Русь . ꙗко се друзии зовутсѧ Свеє . друзии же Оурмани . Аньглѧне . инѣи и Готе . тако и си ркоша.
        idoša za more k Varęgom̑ . k Rusi . sice bo zvaxutĭ . ty Varę̑gy Rusĭ . jako se druzii zovutsę Sveje . druzii že Urmani . Anĭglęne . iněi i Gote . tako i si rkoša.
        And they went overseas to the Varangians, to the Rusĭ. These particular Varangians were known as Rusĭ, just as some are called Swedes, and others Normans and Angles, and still others Gotlanders, for they were thus named.
    2. (collectively) Inhabitants of Rus; East Slavic people.
      Synonym: Русьскаꙗ землꙗ (Rusĭskaja zemlja)

    Usage notes

    Русь (Rusĭ) is the collective plural for the Varangian elite ruling Rus, the Old East Slavic state. A single individual is called a русинъ (rusinŭ), whence modern Russian руси́н (rusín, Ruthenian). While the Rus-Byzantine treaty of AD 911 is unclear on whether "Rus" refers just to the ruling elite or to the entire population, the treaty of 944 is explicit on the point that the "Rus" are "all people of the Rus land" (русьскаꙗ землꙗ (rusĭskaja zemlja)).

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    References

    1. ^ Andersson, Thorsten (2007) “Rus’ und Wikinger”, in Arkiv för Nordisk Filologi, volume 122, pages 5–13

    Old Ruthenian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old East Slavic Роусь (Rusĭ).

    Proper noun

    Русь (Rusʹf inan

    1. (collectively) Inhabitants of Rus; East Slavic people
    2. Rus

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    Russian

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

    Русь (Rusʹf inan (genitive Руси́, nominative plural Ру́си, genitive plural Русе́й, relational adjective ру́сский)

    1. Rus
      на Руси́na Rusíin Rus (preposition "на", not "в" is used)
      Ки́евская РусьKíjevskaja RusʹKievan Rus
    2. (poetic) Russia
      Synonym: (regular term) Росси́я (Rossíja)
    3. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)
    4. An umbrella term for the territory of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, inhabited by the East Slavic Christian Orthodox people. Used until the 20th century.
    5. name of a St. Petersburg daily newspaper published from 1903 to 1908
    6. name of a special forces unit (ОСНАЗ) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (formed 1994)

    Usage notes

    • Preposition на (na) should be used to express the location, e.g. "на Руси́" - in Rus, in Russia.

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    Ukrainian

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Ruthenian Русь (Rusʹ). By surface analysis, Proto-Germanic *rōþrą + ()

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Русь (Rusʹf inan (genitive Ру́сі or Русі́ or Ру́си or Руси́, uncountable, relational adjective ру́ський)

    1. Rus
    2. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)
      Ки́ївська РусьKýjivsʹka RusʹKievan Rus
    3. Ruthenia

    Declension

    Declension of Русь
    (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a/d)
    singular
    nominative Русь
    Rusʹ
    genitive Ру́сі, Русі́, Ру́си, Руси́
    Rúsi, Rusí, Rúsy, Rusý
    dative Ру́сі, Русі́
    Rúsi, Rusí
    accusative Русь
    Rusʹ
    instrumental Ру́ссю
    Rússju
    locative Русі́
    Rusí
    vocative Ру́се
    Rúse

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