ръжь

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъžь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʊʑɪ//ˈrʊʑɪ//ˈrɔʑ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrʊʑɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrʊʑɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɔʑ/

  • Hyphenation: ръ‧жь

Noun

ръжь (rŭžĭf

  1. rye (grass; grain)
  2. field of rye

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: рожь (rožʹ)
    • Armenian: արիշ (ariš) (via a Kipchak language)
    • Bashkir: арыш (arış)
    • Crimean Tatar: арыш / arış
    • Kildin Sami: ро̄шшь (rōšš’)
    • Tatar: арыш (arış)
    • Yakut: оруос (oruos)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ръжь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 204