raž

See also: Raz, raz, ráz, raz-, ráž, and raź

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rugís, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrugʰís. Compare Slovene ŕž, Slovak raž, Russian рожь (rožʹ), Latvian rudzi, German Roggen, English rye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râːʒ/

Noun

rȃž f (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ж)

1. rye

Declension

Declension of raž

	singular	plural
nominative	rȃž	raži
genitive	rȁži	raži
dative	raži	ražima
accusative	raž	raži
vocative	raži	raži
locative	raži	ražima
instrumental	rȁžju / rȁži	ražima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъžь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Slovene ŕž, Lower Sorbian rež, Serbo-Croatian raž, Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Russian рожь (rožʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʃ/

Noun

raž f (genitive singular raže, raži, nominative plural raže, genitive plural raží, declension pattern of ulica)

1. rye

Declension

Declension of raž

	singular	plural
nominative	raž	raže
genitive	raže, raži	raží
dative	raži	ražiam
accusative	raž	raže
locative	raži	ražiach
instrumental	ražou	ražami

Derived terms

• ražný

Further reading

• “raž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024