Rus

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See also: rus, RUS, rus', rus., ruš, Rus., Rus', R Us, and Ruś

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Rus'
  • Rūs (in the context of transliteration from Arabic)

Etymology[edit]

Earlier form Russ from German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). More recent use influenced by Russian Русь (Rusʹ), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Use with macron was probably influenced by the transliteration of Arabic رُوس‎ (rūs).

Compare Russ, Russian, Russie, Russniak, Rusyn, Ruthenian.

Also compare Swedish Ryss, Dutch Rus, German Russe, French Russe, Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), Russian Русь (Rusʹ), Belarusian Русь (Rusʹ), Ukrainian Русь (Rusʹ). Also compare Russian ру́сский (rússkij, “Ethnic Russian, of Rus”), россия́нин (rossijánin, “Russian national”), Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”).

See further Etymology of Rus and derivatives.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rus (countable and uncountable, plural Rus)

  1. A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev and the Volga and Dnieper gave rise to the Russian principalities. [from 19th c.]
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 504:
      In 860 the Rus’ streamed southwards and laid siege to Constantinople itself.
  2. The medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev; Kievan Rus.
  3. Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
  4. (poetic) The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.

Usage notes[edit]

This neutral term is used more often instead of Russia or medieval Russia, acknowledging that the Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian people share the heritage of Rus.

With this innovation, it is sometimes unclear how to replace the adjective Russian in the same context. Alternatives include using the attributive noun, as in “the Rus princes”, or rewriting to use “of Rus”. The nonstandard adjective Rusian is seen very rarely.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Russia — see Russia
Ruthenia — see Ruthenia

Noun[edit]

Rus (plural Rus)

  1. A person from Rus.
    • 1959, Boris Dmitrievich Grekov, Kiev Rus, Foreign Languages Pub. House, p 244:
      And if a Rus hits a Greek, or a Greek a Rus with a sword, a spear or any other weapon, he shall pay five litres of silver for his offence, in accordance with Rus law; and if he be unable (insolvent—Author) his property shall be sold for the best price it fetches, including the very clothes . . .
    • 1959, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solov’ev, History of Russia from the Earliest Times [2000], v 3 (The Shift Northward: Kievan Rus, 1154–1228), p 223:
      If a Varangian claimed money from a Rus, or a Rus from a Varangian, and the debtor refused to pay, the plaintiff, accompanied by twelve witnesses, . . .
    • 1973, Donald W. Treadgold, The West in Russia and China: Religious and Secular Thought in Modern Times, v 1 (Russia, 1472–1917), →ISBN, p xxxv:
      The Church of Kievan Rus knew men well-versed in Scripture and apparently other learning of the time, such as the Metropolitans Ioann II (d. 1089) and Klimetn Smoliatich (twelfth century). The former was Greek, and the latter a Rus.

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rus f (plural Ruse, diminutive Rüsje or Riesche)

  1. (most dialects) rose

Usage notes[edit]

  • The diminutive Rüsje is Ripuarian; the form Riesche is Moselle Franconian.

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rus m anim (feminine Ruska)

  1. Russian (person)
    Synonym: (colloquial) Rusák
Declension[edit]
Declension of Rus (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Rus Rusové, Rusi
genitive Rusa Rusů
dative Rusovi, Rusu Rusům
accusative Rusa Rusy
vocative Ruse Rusové, Rusi
locative Rusovi, Rusu Rusech
instrumental Rusem Rusy
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rus f

  1. (literary) Russia
    mátuška Rus ― Mother Russia
  2. (historical) Rus
    Kyjevská Rus ― Kievan Rus
Declension[edit]
Declension of Rus (sg-only i-stem feminine)
singular
nominative Rus
genitive Rusi
dative Rusi
accusative Rus
vocative Rusi
locative Rusi
instrumental Rusí

Further reading[edit]

  • Rus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Rus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏs
  • IPA(key): /rʏs/

Noun[edit]

Rus m (plural Russen, diminutive Rusje n, feminine Russin)

  1. Russian
  2. (Bargoens) detective

Related terms[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rusy or Rus ("Ruthenian" or "Russian").

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rus m pers or f

  1. a masculine surname
  2. a feminine surname

Declension[edit]

Masculine surname:

Declension of Rus
singular plural
nominative Rus Rusowie
genitive Rusa Rusów
dative Rusowi Rusom
accusative Rusa Rusów
instrumental Rusem Rusami
locative Rusie Rusach
vocative Rusie Rusowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rus m

  1. A village in Dumbrăvița, Maramureș, Romania
  2. A commune of Sălaj, Romania
  3. A village in Rus, Sălaj, Romania

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rȕs m (Cyrillic spelling Ру̏с)

  1. Russian (male person)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Rus
singular plural
nominative Rȕs Rȕsi
genitive Rusa Rusa
dative Rusu Rusima
accusative Rusa Ruse
vocative Ruse Rusi
locative Rusu Rusima
instrumental Rusom Rusima

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rus m anim (genitive singular Rusa, nominative plural Rusi, genitive plural Rusov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Russian (person)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Rus
singular plural
nominative Rus Rusi
genitive Rusa Rusov
dative Rusovi Rusom
accusative Rusa Rusov
locative Rusovi Rusoch
instrumental Rusom Rusmi

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Rus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rȗs m anim (female equivalent Rúsinja)

  1. Russian (male person)

Inflection[edit]

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. Rús
gen. sing. Rúsa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Rús Rúsa Rúsi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Rúsa Rúsov Rúsov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Rúsu Rúsoma Rúsom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Rúsa Rúsa Rúse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Rúsu Rúsih Rúsih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Rúsom Rúsoma Rúsi

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Rus”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rus

  1. A Russian person (nationality)
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