Ruska

See also: ruska, ruská, ruską, and Ruską

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruska]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Old Czech Rus

Czech Rus

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Czech -ka

Czech Ruska

From Rus + -ka.

Noun

Ruska f (male equivalent Rus)

1. female Russian

Declension

Declension of Ruska (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ruska	Rusky
genitive	Rusky	Rusek
dative	Rusce	Ruskám
accusative	Rusku	Rusky
vocative	Rusko	Rusky
locative	Rusce	Ruskách
instrumental	Ruskou	Ruskami

Related terms

• Běloruska
• Maloruska
• Rusínka
• Rusko
• ruský

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Ruska n

1. genitive of Rusko

Further reading

• “Ruska”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Ruska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish Ruś

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas

Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ

Old Polish -ski

Polish -ski

Polish Ruski

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Old Polish -a

Polish -a

Polish Ruska

From Ruski + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uska
• Syllabification: Rus‧ka
• Homophone: ruska

Noun

Ruska f (male equivalent Ruski)

1. (nominalized, derogatory, ethnic slur) female equivalent of Ruski (“Russki”)

Declension

Declension of Ruska

	singular	plural
nominative	Ruska	Ruskie
genitive	Ruskiej	Ruskich
dative	Ruskiej	Ruskim
accusative	Ruską	Ruskie
instrumental	Ruską	Ruskimi
locative	Ruskiej	Ruskich
vocative	Ruska	Ruskie

Further reading

• “Ruska”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Ruska”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruska/, [ˈruska]
• Rhymes: -uska
• Hyphenation: Rus‧ka

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Slovak Rus

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Slovak -ka

Slovak -ka

Slovak Ruska

From Rus + -ka.

Noun

Ruska f (male equivalent Rus)

1. female Russian

Declension

Declension of Ruska

	singular	plural
nominative	Ruska	Rusky
genitive	Rusky	Rusiek
dative	Ruske	Ruskám
accusative	Rusku	Rusky
locative	Ruske	Ruskách
instrumental	Ruskou	Ruskami

Etymology 2

Noun

Ruska

1. genitive of Rusko

References

• “Ruska”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026