ружьё
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See also: ружье
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from a colloquial form of Old East Slavic оружие (oružije), from Proto-Slavic *orǫžьje, from *orǫga / *orǫžь. Doublet of ору́жие (orúžije).
Pronunciation
Noun
ружьё • (ružʹjó) n inan (genitive ружья́, nominative plural ру́жья, genitive plural ру́жей, diminutive ружьецо́)
- shotgun, musket, rifle
- двуство́льное ружьё ― dvustvólʹnoje ružʹjó ― double-barreled shotgun
- помповое ружьё ― pompovoje ružʹjó ― pump-action shotgun
- противота́нковое ружьё ― protivotánkovoje ružʹjó ― antitank rifle
- духово́е ружьё ― duxovóje ružʹjó ― air rifle
- a device resembling such a firearm
- (obsolete) weapon, arm
Usage notes
- Although the term embraces almost any long-barreled firearm (except those capable of automatic fire), nowadays it is mostly used to refer to a smoothbore hunting shotgun (synonym: охо́тничье ружьё (oxótničʹje ružʹjó)).
Declension
Declension of ружьё (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-d irreg)
Pre-reform declension of ружьё (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-d irreg)
Derived terms
- Diminutive forms
Related terms
- ору́жие n (orúžije)
- вооружа́ть (vooružátʹ)
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ружье”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- ружьё in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru