rus

See also: Rus, RUS, rus., rus', Rus., Rus', 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.

Albanian

Adjective

rus m (feminine ruse)

  1. Russian
    gjuha ruse - the Russian language

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic рус
Roman rus
Perso-Arabic روس

Noun

rus (definite accusative rusu, plural ruslar)

  1. Russian (person)

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

rus (comparative daha rus, superlative ən rus)

  1. Russian, of, from, or pertaining to Russia.
    rus dilithe Russian language
    rus yazıçılarıRussian writers

Catalan

Pronunciation

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)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • ruaz

Etymology

From Latin radius. Compare Italian raggio, Romanian rază.

Noun

rus m

  1. ray

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

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

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

rus m (plural russen, diminutive rusje n)

  1. A sod, turf of soil, grass, reed or other vegetation
  2. The graminal plant Armeria vulgaris or Armeria maritima
  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

French

Noun

rus m

  1. plural of ru

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

Noun

rūs n (genitive rūris); third declension

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

Usage notes

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

See also

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, 1883–1887)
  • rus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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, page 531

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


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Verb

rus

  1. imperative of rusa

References


Portuguese

Noun

rus m (plural rus)

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

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

Noun

rus m (plural ruși, feminine equivalent rusoaică)

  1. Russian

Declension

Derived terms


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

rus m (genitive singular ruis, no plural)

  1. The cereal rice
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