روسية

Relative noun (nisba) composed of رُوس (rūs) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Possibly imitating a foreign demonym. Compare Byzantine Greek Ρωσσία (Rōssía) and Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”).

رُوسِيَّة • (rūsiyya) f

1. (collective, rare, historical or obsolete) a people inhabiting northeast Europe in the Middle Ages often presumed to be of Scandinavian stock

Very little is known about the people who are labeled thus in medieval Arabic texts, especially those whom the Islamic theologian and traveler Ibn Faḍlān reputedly encountered during his stay among the Volga Bulgars while propagating the Islamic religion.

رُوسِيَّة • (rūsiyya) f

1. feminine singular of رُوسِيّ (rūsiyy, “Russian”)

رُوسِيَّة • (rūsiyya) f (plural رُوسِيَّات (rūsiyyāt), masculine رُوسِيّ (rūsiyy))

1. female equivalent of رُوسِيّ (rūsiyy, “a Russian”): a female Russian
3. (uncountable) the Russian language, Russian

• رُوس (rūs, “Russians”)
• رُوسِيَا (rūsiyā, “Russia”).

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “روسية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN