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Old Church Slavonic
Noun
рожа • (roža) f
- rose
Declension
Declension of рожа (hard a-stem)
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *roďa, related to *rodъ. Compare Old East Slavic рожаи (rožai, “appearance, face”).
Noun
ро́жа • (róža) f inan (genitive ро́жи, nominative plural ро́жи, genitive plural рож)
- (colloquial, derogatory) face, mug, ugly mug, puss
- Synonyms: (neutral) лицо́ (licó); мо́рда (mórda), ха́ря (xárja), физионо́мия (fizionómija), па́чка (páčka), ры́ло (rýlo), мурло (murlo), еба́льце (jebálʹce), бу́бен (búben)
- ско́рчить рожу ― skórčitʹ rožu ― make a face
- У него́, что жо́па, что ро́жа, одно́ и то́ же ― U nevó, što žópa, što róža, odnó i tó že ― You can’t tell his ass from his face.
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Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рожа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
A pan-European formation in medical symptomatology after the appearance of the rose-blossom, compare the translations of erysipelas.
Noun
ро́жа • (róža) f inan (genitive ро́жи, nominative plural ро́жи, genitive plural рож)
- erysipelas
Declension