нерусь
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Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
не (ne) + русь (rusʹ); literally, “non-Russian”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
не́русь • (nérusʹ) f inan (genitive не́руси, nominative plural не́руси, genitive plural не́русей)
- (colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur, usually collective) aliens, foreigners, outlanders (from the Russian perspective); people with no Russian ethnic or cultural relation
Usage notes[edit]
Modern usage is derogatory and associated with Russian nationalist discourse.
Historically, the term was used more neutrally, for example, in poetry.
Declension[edit]
Declension of не́русь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Synonyms[edit]
- неру́сский (nerússkij, “a non-Russian”) (neutral)
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