rus

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rusten, from Middle Dutch rusten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœs/

Verb

rus (present rus, present participle rustende, past participle gerus)

1. to rest

   Ek sal nie rus nie. ― I shall not rest.

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Albanian

Adjective

rus (feminine ruse)

1. Russian

   gjuha ruse - the Russian language

Related terms

• Rusi
• rusisht

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		рус
Abjad		روس

Noun

rus (definite accusative rusnu, plural ruslar)

1. Russian (person)

Declension

Declension of rus

	singular	plural
nominative	rus	ruslar
definite accusative	rusu	rusları
dative	rusa	ruslara
locative	rusda	ruslarda
ablative	rusdan	ruslardan
definite genitive	rusun	rusların

Possessive forms of rus

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusum	ruslarım
sənin (“your”)	rusun	rusların
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusu	rusları
bizim (“our”)	rusumuz	ruslarımız
sizin (“your”)	rusunuz	ruslarınız
onların (“their”)	rusu or rusları	rusları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusumu	ruslarımı
sənin (“your”)	rusunu	ruslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusunu	ruslarını
bizim (“our”)	rusumuzu	ruslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	rusunuzu	ruslarınızı
onların (“their”)	rusunu or ruslarını	ruslarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusuma	ruslarıma
sənin (“your”)	rusuna	ruslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusuna	ruslarına
bizim (“our”)	rusumuza	ruslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	rusunuza	ruslarınıza
onların (“their”)	rusuna or ruslarına	ruslarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusumda	ruslarımda
sənin (“your”)	rusunda	ruslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusunda	ruslarında
bizim (“our”)	rusumuzda	ruslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	rusunuzda	ruslarınızda
onların (“their”)	rusunda or ruslarında	ruslarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusumdan	ruslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	rusundan	ruslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusundan	ruslarından
bizim (“our”)	rusumuzdan	ruslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	rusunuzdan	ruslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	rusundan or ruslarından	ruslarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	rusumun	ruslarımın
sənin (“your”)	rusunun	ruslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	rusunun	ruslarının
bizim (“our”)	rusumuzun	ruslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	rusunuzun	ruslarınızın
onların (“their”)	rusunun or ruslarının	ruslarının

Derived terms

• rusca
• rusdilli

Adjective

rus (comparative daha rus, superlative ən rus)

1. Russian, of, from, or pertaining to Russia.

   rus dili ― the Russian language

   rus yazıçıları ― Russian writers

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrus]
• Rhymes: -us

Adjective

rus (feminine russa, masculine plural russos, feminine plural russes)

1. Russian (pertaining to Russia, to the Russian people, or to the Russian language)

Derived terms

• petit rus (“Ukrainian”)
• rus blanc (“Belorussian”)

Noun

rus m (plural russos, feminine russa)

1. Russian (an inhabitant of Russia or an ethnic Russian)

Derived terms

• petit rus (“Ukrainian”)
• rus blanc (“Belorussian”)

Proper noun

rus m

1. Russian (the Slavic language of the Russians)

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• ruaz

Etymology

From Latin radius. Compare Italian raggio, Romanian rază.

Noun

rus m

1. ray

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Danish

Etymology 1

From an old Danish verb ruse, from Middle Low German rusen (“to rush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːs/, [ʁuːˀs]

Noun

rus c (singular definite rusen, not used in plural form)

1. intoxication
2. ecstasy

Derived terms

• rusmiddel

Related terms

• stoffer

Etymology 2

Maybe an abbreviaton of Latin depositurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rus/, [ʁus]

Noun

rus c (singular definite russen, plural indefinite russer)

1. freshman, first-year student

Inflection

Declension of rus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rus	russen	russer	russerne
genitive	rus'	russens	russers	russernes

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rusch, rosch. The Juncaceae plants may constitute a parallel etymology

Alternative forms

• rusch (obsolete)
• rosch, ruisch, risch, resch (all obsolete)

Noun

rus m (plural russen, diminutive rusje n)

1. A sod, turf of soil, grass, reed or other vegetation
2. The graminal plant or
3. A grass-like plant, (bul)rush, notably of the genera Juncus and Luzula.

Synonyms

• (sod): plag, zode
• (Armeria species): pastoorsgras n
• (plant rush): bies, bloembies, veldbies

Derived terms

• rusachtig (adj)
• (rush-related species; presumably all have a modern from ending in -rus instead of -rusch) Alpenrusch, boschrusch, draadrusch, dwergrusch, greppelrusch, koprusch, lidrusch, moerasrusch, paddenrusch, pitrus, steenrusch, trekrusch, waterrusch, zeerus
• russenpol
• rusruiterskruid, (obsolete) ruschruiterskruid

Etymology 2

From rechercheur.

Noun

rus m (plural russen, diminutive rusje n)

1. (slang) police detective

Etymology 3

Adjective

rus

1. Alternative form of ruis

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French

Noun

rus m

1. plural of ru

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rowos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewos (“open space, field”), from *rewh₁-. Cognate with Old Irish róe (“flat field”) and Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, “open space”). See English room.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruːs/, [ruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rus/, [rus]

Noun

rūs n (genitive rūris); third declension

1. countryside; country
2. a farm
3. a village

Usage notes

• Rūs is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case, the other two being domus and humus.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rūs	rūra
Genitive	rūris	rūrum
Dative	rūrī	rūribus
Accusative	rūs	rūra
Ablative	rūre	rūribus
Vocative	rūs	rūra
Locative	rūrī rūre	rūribus

Derived terms

• rūrālis
• rūs in urbe
• rūsticus

See also

• cīvitās f
• oppidum n
• urbs f

References

• “rus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a pleasure-trip into the country: rus excurrere
    
  • to live in the country: ruri vivere, rusticari
    
  • to live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning): vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rus m (definite singular rusen, uncountable)

1. The mental state of inebriation, intoxication, brought on by using alcohol or other drugs

Derived terms

• rusmiddel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rus m (definite singular rusen, indefinite plural rusar, definite plural rusane)

1. intoxication (the state of being intoxicated or drunk)
2. extreme joy, ecstasy

Verb

rus

1. imperative of rusa

References

• “rus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Noun

rus m (invariable)

1. (historical) Rus (Scandinavian settlers and merchants in Eastern Europe)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian русь (rus').

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rus/

Adjective

rus m or n (feminine singular rusă, masculine plural ruși, feminine and neuter plural ruse)

1. Russian

Declension

Declension of rus

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	rus		rusă	ruși	ruse
	definite	rusul		rusa	rușii	rusele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	rus		ruse	ruși	ruse
	definite	rusului		rusei	rușilor	rusilor

Noun

rus m (plural ruși, feminine equivalent rusoaică)

1. Russian

Declension

Declension of rus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rus	rusul	(niște) ruși	rușii
genitive/dative	(unui) rus	rusului	(unor) ruși	rușilor
vocative	rusule		rușilor

Derived terms

• rusă
• rusesc

Related terms

• Rusia

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

rus m (genitive singular ruis, no plural)

1. The cereal rice