крыса

Borrowed from Russian крыса (krysa).

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крыса • (krisa)

1. rat

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• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “крыса”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Uncertain. Hypotheses include:

• an alteration of a term related to грызть (gryztʹ, “to gnaw, to nibble”) – compare to грызу́н (gryzún, “rodent”);
• cognate with крот (krot, “mole”);
• from Proto-Slavic *krysъsa (“blood-sucker”).

Cognate with Ukrainian кри́са (krýsa).

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• Hyphenation: кры‧са

кры́са • (krýsa) f anim (genitive кры́сы, nominative plural кры́сы, genitive plural крыс, relational adjective крыси́ный, diminutive кры́ска)

1. rat

   водяна́я кры́са ― vodjanája krýsa ― water rat; water vole

2. (derogatory) an unimportant or unpleasant person

   канцеля́рская кры́са ― kanceljárskaja krýsa ― office drudge; pen pusher

3. (criminal slang, prison slang) a thief who steals from his fellows or informs against them; a rat
4. (video games) camper

• → Armenian: կռիս (kṙis)
• → Czech: krysa
• → Erzya: крыса (krisa)
• → Slovak: krysa
• → Tuvan: крыса (krısa)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крыса”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress