рӯшш

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• ка̄ршар (kāršar)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language (compare Karelian ruočči). Doublet of рӯһц (rūhc).

Related to Finnish ruotsi and Russian Русь (Rusʹ). Cognates also include Northern Sami ruošša, ruoŧŧa and Skolt Sami ruõšš, ruõcc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːʃː/

Noun

рӯшш (rūšš)

1. Russian person

   Synonym: рӯшшлэнч (rūššlenč)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• рӯшас (rūšas)

Compound nouns

• рӯшшка̄ршэл (rūšškāršel)
• рӯшштоҏҏк (rūšštor̥r̥k)

 

Verbs formed with affixes

• рӯшшлассьтэ (rūššlass’te)
• рӯшшсе (rūššsje)

 

Expressions

• рӯшшпӯжь то̄ннӭ (rūššpūž’ tōnn’e)

 

Adjective

рӯшш (rūšš)

1. Russian

See also

• Рӯшш (Rūšš)
• Рӯһц (Rūhc)
• ка̄ршэл, ка̄ршар (kāršel, kāršar)
• каша (kaša)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “rūš̀š”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “rūš̀š”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 458
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “рӯшш”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[3], Русский язык, page 302
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “рӯшш”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway