рать

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortь.[1]

Noun

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рать (ratĭf

  1. war, battle
  2. enemy, army

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2006), “ratь”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 13 (rasti – sice), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 754

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortь. Related to реть (retĭ, quarrel, competition).

Cognates include Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, assault), Sanskrit ऋतीयते (ṛtīyate, to quarrel, to hate), Sanskrit समरण (samaraṇa, war, strife), Ancient Greek ἔρῐς (éris, strife, quarrel) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (see there for further descendants)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ratʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atʲ

Noun

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рать (ratʹf inan (genitive ра́ти, nominative plural ра́ти, genitive plural ра́тей, relational adjective ра́тный)

  1. (archaic or folk poetic) army, host, array
  2. (archaic or folk poetic) battle, war

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortь.

Cognates include Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, assault), Sanskrit ऋतीयते (ṛtīyate, to quarrel, to hate), Sanskrit समरण (samaraṇa, war, strife), Ancient Greek ἔρῐς (éris, strife, quarrel) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (see there for further descendants)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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рать (ratʹf inan (genitive ра́ті, nominative plural ра́ті, genitive plural рате́й)

  1. (dated, poetic) an army, a host of warriors
    Що ж, бій, так бій! Скликати зараз рать! Не в перший раз нам ворога стрічатьŠčo ž, bij, tak bij! Sklykaty zaraz ratʹ! Ne v peršyj raz nam voroha stričatʹWell, fight, yes fight! Summon the army now! It is not the first time that we have met an enemy.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) a large amount of something, a mob
  3. (dated, poetic) a battle

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