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Russian
Etymology 1
- ро́з- (róz-) — not before a voiceless consonant
Pronunciation
Prefix
ро́с- • (rós-)
- Stressed equivalent of рас- (ras-). Found primarily in deverbal nouns.
- рассыпа́ть (rassypátʹ, “to strew”) → ро́ссыпь (róssypʹ, “(geological) deposit”)
- распуска́ть (raspuskátʹ, “to dissolve”) → ро́спуск (róspusk, “dissolution”)
- расписа́ть (raspisátʹ, “to paint, to decorate”) → ро́спись (róspisʹ, “painting, mural”)
- рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ, “to tell, to narrate”) → ро́ссказни (rósskazni, “tale, yarn (colloquial)”)
- рас- (ras-) + deverbal from черка́ть (čerkátʹ, “to scratch, to mark (colloquial)”) → ро́счерк (rósčerk, “flourish”)
Usage notes
Etymology 2
Shortening of Россия (Rossija).
Pronunciation
Prefix
рос- • (ros-)
- Russian (used in the names of companies or organizations)
Derived terms
- Росавиация (Rosaviacija, “Federal Air Transport Agency”)
- Росатом (Rosatom, “State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom”)
- Росгва́рдия (Rosgvárdija, “Rosgvardia, National Guard of Russia”)
- Росгосстрах (Rosgosstrax, “Russian insurance company”)
- Росздравнадзор (Roszdravnadzor, “Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare”)
- Роскомнадзо́р (Roskomnadzór, “Roskomnadzor”)
- Роско́смос (Roskósmos, “Roskosmos”)
- Росмолодёжшь (Rosmolodjóžšʹ, “Federal Agency for Youth Affairs”)
- Росне́дра (Rosnédra, “Federal Agency for Mineral Resources”)
- Роснефть (Rosneftʹ)
- Роспатент (Rospatent, “Federal Service for Intellectual Property”)
- Росреестр (Rosrejestr, “The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography”)
- Россотру́дничество (Rossotrúdničestvo, “"Russo-Colleagueship", Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation”)
- Росстандарт (Rosstandart, “Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology”)
- Росстат (Rosstat, “Federal State Statistics Service”)
- Ростелеком (Rostelekom)
- Ростехнадзо́р (Rostexnadzór)
- Росэнерго (Rosɛnergo, “Federal Agency for Energy”)
See also
(other prefixes for Russia)
(similar prefixes for other countries, states, and regions)
- бел- (bel-) (Belarus)
- каз- (kaz-) (Kazakhstan)
- сов- (sov-) (Soviet Union)
- укр (ukr), укр- (ukr-) (Ukraine)
(related to a government, especially the Russian government)