Русия

Русия (definite accusative Русияи, plural Русияләр)

1. 1950's Cyrillic spelling of Русија: Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

From Old Church Slavonic Роусиꙗ (Rusija) (since 13th c.), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσία (Rhōsía) (since 10th c.), whence also Greek Ρωσία (Rosía), from Ῥῶς (Rhôs), from the same source as Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

• IPA^(key): [roˈsijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Руси́я • (Rusíja) f (relational adjective ру́ски)

1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

• русна́к (rusnák), руски́ня (ruskínja)
• ру́ски (rúski)

• “Русия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “Русия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• https://www.academia.edu/6764918/Б._М._Клосс._О_происхождении_названия_Россия_._М._Рукописные_памятники_Древней_Руси_2012._152_с._Studia_historica._Series_minor_

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn Русія (Rusija), variant of Росія (Rosija), ultimately from Old Ruthenian Россїꙗ (Rossija).

• IPA^(key): [ruˈsija]
• Rhymes: -ija
• Hyphenation: Ру‧сия

Русия (Rusija) f (related adjective русийски)

1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “Russia”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 260

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.si.a]

Русия (Rusia) f

1. Post-1930s Cyrillic spelling of Rusia.: Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

• русеск (rusesc)
• русеште (rusește)

• лимба русэ (limba rusă)

• Расия (Rasiya) — colloquial

Inherited from Classical Persian رُوسِیَّه (rūsiyya), from Arabic رُوسِيَّة (rūsiyya). By surface analysis, рус (rus) +‎ -ия (-iya).

Русия • (Rusiya) (Persian spelling روسیه)

1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)