рꙑсь

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Old East Slavic

Рꙑсь. (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rỳsь (lynx).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsʲ/
  • Hyphenation: рꙑ‧сь

Noun

рꙑсь (rysĭm or f

  1. lynx (Lynx lynx)
  2. lynx fur
  3. (figuratively) Name of various big cats, e.g. leopard, cheetah etc.

Declension

(male animal):

(female animal):

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: рысь (rysʹ)
    • Belarusian: рысь (rysʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: рысь (rŷsʹ)
    • Ukrainian: рись (rysʹ)
  • Russian: рысь (rysʹ)

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “рꙑсь”, 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 212
  • Krysko, V. B., editor (2013), “рысь”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.) [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.)]‎ (in Russian), volumes 10 (разарѧѥмъ – свьтѣтисѧ), Moscow: Azbukovnik, →ISBN, page 509
  • Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “рысь”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 277