рать

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ortь.

Noun[edit]

рать (ratĭf

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. enemy army

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortь. Related to реть (retĭ, quarrel, competition).

Cognates include Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, assault), Sanskrit ऋतीयते (ṛtīyate, to quarrel, to hate), Sanskrit समरण (samaraṇa, war, strife), Ancient Greek ἔρῐς (éris, strife, quarrel) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (see there for further descendants)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ratʲ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atʲ

Noun[edit]

рать (ratʹf inan (genitive ра́ти, nominative plural ра́ти, genitive plural ра́тей, relational adjective ра́тный)

  1. (archaic or folk poetic) army, host, array
  2. (archaic or folk poetic) battle, war

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References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress