Old East Slavic

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Рꙑсь. (sense 1)

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rỳsь (lynx).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɯsɪ//ˈrɯsʲɪ//ˈrɯsʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈrɯsʲ/

  • Hyphenation: рꙑ‧сь

Noun

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рꙑсь (rysĭm or f

  1. lynx (Lynx lynx)
  2. lynx fur
  3. (figuratively) Name of various big cats, e.g. leopard, cheetah etc.

Declension

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(male animal):

(female animal):

Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: рысь (rysʹ)
    • Belarusian: рысь (rysʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: рысь (rŷsʹ)
    • Ukrainian: рись (rysʹ)
  • Russian: рысь (rysʹ)

Further reading

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “рꙑсь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 212
  • Krysko, V. B., editor (2013), “рысь”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.) [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.)] (in Russian), volume 10 (разарѧѥмъ – свьтѣтисѧ), Moscow: Azbukovnik, →ISBN, page 509
  • Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “рысь”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 277
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