Римъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Rimъ (“Rome”), from Late Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rimŭ) m

1. Rome (a major city in Italy)
2. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)

Declension

Declension of Римъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
genitive	Рима Rima	— —	— —
dative	Римоу Rimu	— —	— —
accusative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	Римомъ Rimomŭ	— —	— —
locative	Римѣ Rimě	— —	— —
vocative	Риме Rime	— —	— —

Related terms

• римьскъ (rimĭskŭ, “Roman”)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)
• Macedonian: Рим (Rim)
• → Old East Slavic: Римъ (Rimŭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
    • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
    • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
  • Russian: Рим (Rim), Римъ (Rim) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Kazakh: Рим (Rim)
    • → Kyrgyz: Рим (Rim)
    • → Tajik: Рим (Rim)
    • → Uzbek: Rim
• → Romanian: Râm (obsolete)

Further reading

• “Римъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Rimъ (“Rome”), from Late Latin Rōma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimʊ/→/ˈrʲimʊ/→/ˈrʲim/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrimʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲimʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲim/

• Hyphenation: Ри‧мъ

Proper noun

Римъ (Rimŭ) m

1. Rome (a major city in Italy)
2. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 4:

     а по двинѣ въ варѧги· иꙁъ варѧгъ до рима· ѿ рима до племени хамова

     a po dvině vŭ varęgi· izŭ varęgŭ do rima· otŭ rima do plemeni xamova

     along Dvina to the land of the Varyags, from the land of the Varyags to Rome, from Rome to the tribe of Ham

Declension

Declension of Римъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
genitive	Рима Rima	— —	— —
dative	Риму Rimu	— —	— —
accusative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	Римъмь Rimŭmĭ	— —	— —
locative	Римѣ Rimě	— —	— —
vocative	Риме Rime	— —	— —

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
  • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
  • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
• Russian: Рим (Rim), Римъ (Rim) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Kazakh: Рим (Rim)
  • → Kyrgyz: Рим (Rim)
  • → Tajik: Рим (Rim)
  • → Uzbek: Rim

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Римъ (Rimŭ), from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Rimъ (“Rome”), from Late Latin Rōma.

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rim) m inan

1. Rome (the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; the capital city of the Papal States, in modern Italy)

Descendants

• Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
• Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*Римъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 292

Russian

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rim) m inan (genitive Ри́ма, relational adjective ри́мскій)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of Рим (Rim).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of Римъ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ри́мъ Rím
genitive	Ри́ма Ríma
dative	Ри́му Rímu
accusative	Ри́мъ Rím
instrumental	Ри́момъ Rímom
prepositional	Ри́мѣ Rímě