Rus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Related terms 1.4.5 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.6 Adjective 1.7 References 1.8 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 4 Slovene 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms 5 Turkish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• Rus'
• Russ (dated)

[edit] Etymology

1845, Russian Русь (Rus’) < Old East Slavic Русь (Rus’), and medieval Greek οί Ῥῶς (oi Rhōs). The name comes from a group of warrior merchants from Sweden who settled around Kiev and the Dnieper river in the ninth century, and established the Rus principalities. Ultimate origin is uncertain; see Wikipedia's article on Etymology of Rus and derivatives for more detail.

Compare Swedish Ryss, Dutch Rus, German Russe, French Russe, Russian Русь (Rus’), Belarusian Русь (Rus’), Ukrainian Русь (Rus’). Also compare Russian русский (rússkij), “‘Ethnic Russian, of Rus’”), россиянин (rossijánin), “‘Russian national’”), Россия (Rossíja), “‘Russia’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːs/, /rʌs/

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Rus

Plural countable and uncountable; Rus

Rus (countable and uncountable; plural Rus)

1. A group of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century.
2. The ruling class and their retinue, of Scandinavian origin, who settled among the Eastern Slavs around Kiev and the Dnieper by the tenth century.
3. Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
4. The people inhabiting those lands.

[edit] Usage notes

This neutral term is used more often instead of Russia or medieval Russia, acknowledging that the Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian people share the heritage of Rus.

With this innovation, it is sometimes unclear how to replace the adjective Russian in the same context. Alternatives include using the attributive noun, as in “the Rus princes”, or rewriting to use “of Rus”. The nonstandard adjective Rusian is seen very rarely.

[edit] Synonyms

• Kievan Rus, Kievan Rus', Kyivan Rus, Kyivan Rus'
• Russia, medieval Russia
• Kiev, Kyiv, Kievan state

[edit] Derived terms

• Rusian, Rus'ian (rare)

[edit] Related terms

• Belarus, Belarusian
• Little Russia, Little Russian
• Rusnak, Russniak
• Russia, Russian
• Rusyn
• Ruthenia, Ruthene, Ruthenian

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

Rus (plural Rus)

1. A person from Rus.
   • 1959, Boris Dmitrievich Grekov, Kiev Rus, Foreign Languages Pub. House, p 244:

   • And if a Rus hits a Greek, or a Greek a Rus with a sword, a spear or any other weapon, he shall pay five litres of silver for his offence, in accordance with Rus law; and if he be unable (insolvent—Author) his property shall be sold for the best price it fetches, including the very clothes . . .

   • 1959, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solov’ev, History of Russia from the Earliest Times [2000], v 3 (The Shift Northward: Kievan Rus, 1154–1228), p 223:

     If a Varangian claimed money from a Rus, or a Rus from a Varangian, and the debtor refused to pay, the plaintiff, accompanied by twelve witnesses, . . .

   • 1973, Donald W. Treadgold, The West in Russia and China: Religious and Secular Thought in Modern Times, v 1 (Russia, 1472–1917), ISBN 0521097258, p xxxv:

     The Church of Kievan Rus knew men well-versed in Scripture and apparently other learning of the time, such as the Metropolitans Ioann II (d. 1089) and Klimetn Smoliatich (twelfth century). The former was Greek, and the latter a Rus.

[edit] Adjective

Rus

1. Of or relating to Rus.

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933
• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of rsu
• SRU
• urs

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

Rus m.

1. A Russian (person)

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rəs/

[edit] Noun

Rus m. (plural Russen, diminutive Rusje, diminutive plural Rusjes)

1. A Russian, an inhibitant or descendant of the Eastern Slave people of Russia
2. (Bargoens) detective

[edit] Related terms

• Rusland n.
• russificeren
• Russin f.
• Russisch n. and adjective
• russofiel m.
• russofoob m.
• Witrus m.

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Noun

Rus m. (feminine: Rusinja)

1. A male Russian (person)

[edit] Related terms

• Rusija
• ruščina
• ruski
• rusko

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

Rus

1. A Russian person (nationality)

[edit] Declension