ръжь

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rъžь.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʊʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʊʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔʑ/
• Hyphenation: ръ‧жь

Noun

ръжь (rŭžĭ) f

1. rye (grass; grain)
2. field of rye

Declension

Declension of ръжь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ръжь rŭžĭ	ръжи rŭži	ръжи rŭži
Genitive	ръжи rŭži	ръжию rŭžiju	ръжии rŭžii
Dative	ръжи rŭži	ръжьма rŭžĭma	ръжьмъ rŭžĭmŭ
Accusative	ръжь rŭžĭ	ръжи rŭži	ръжи rŭži
Instrumental	ръжиѭ rŭžijǫ	ръжьма rŭžĭma	ръжьми rŭžĭmi
Locative	ръжи rŭži	ръжию rŭžiju	ръжьхъ rŭžĭxŭ
Vocative	ръжи rŭži	ръжи rŭži	ръжи rŭži

Descendants

• Russian: рожь (rožʹ)
  • → Armenian: արիշ (ariš) (via a Kipchak language)
  • → Bashkir: арыш (arış)
  • → Crimean Tatar: арыш / arış
  • → Kildin Sami: ро̄шшь (rōšš’)
  • → Tatar: арыш (arış)
  • → Yakut: оруос (oruos)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ръжь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 204