ryssja

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Etymology

From Old Swedish (i.e. a loanword before 1541), originally from a Celtic word, from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”).

Cognate with French ruche (“beehive”) and German Reuse (“fish-trap”), as well as Danish ruse (“fish trap”) and Norwegian Bokmål ruse (“fish trap”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ryssja c

  1. a fyke net, a fyke (type of fishing trap)

Usage notes

One of very few words where the /ɧ/ sound is spelled ⟨ssj⟩. The other three are hyssja, hässja and ässja.

Declension

Declension of ryssja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ryssja ryssjan ryssjor ryssjorna
Genitive ryssjas ryssjans ryssjors ryssjornas

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