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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rugís, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrugʰís. Compare Slovene ŕž, Slovak raž, Russian рожь (rožʹ), Latvian rudzi, German Roggen, English rye.
Pronunciation
Noun
rȃž f (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ж)
- rye
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъžь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Slovene ŕž, Lower Sorbian rež, Serbo-Croatian raž, Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Russian рожь (rožʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
raž f (genitive singular raže, raži, nominative plural raže, genitive plural raží, declension pattern of ulica)
- rye
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024