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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rusъ, from earlier *rudsъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰ-s-o-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ру́сый • (rúsyj)
- fair(-haired), blond(e), light brown (of hair), dirty blond
Declension
Declension of ру́сый (short class a)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “русый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “руда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246