Русь

• Ruś — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Русь (Rusʹ).

• IPA^(key): [rusʲ]

Русь • (Rusʹ) f inan (genitive Русі́, uncountable, relational adjective ру́скі)

1. (historical) Rus (a people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century)
   • 1926, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, Гісторыя беларускай (крыўскай) кнігі, Kaunas: Друкарня Сакалоўскага і Лана, page 6:

     Да апошняга тыпу належалі скандынаўскія дружыны, якія звалі сябе Русьсю.

     Da apóšnjaha typu nalježali skandynaŭskija družyny, jakija zvali sjabje Rusʹsju.

     The Scandinavian warbands, who called themselves Rus, belonged to the latter type.

2. (historical) Rus (any of the medieval East Slavic principalities established by Scandinavian warrior merchants)

   Кі́еўская Русь ― Kíjeŭskaja Rusʹ ― Kievan Rus

   • 1919, Усевалад Макаравіч Ігнатоўскі, Кароткі нарыс гісторыі Беларусі, Minsk: Друкарня Я. Грынблята, page 36:

     Як мы адзначылі раней, Полацкая Русь за ўвесь час свайго істнаваньня вяла амаль што не бесперарыўнае змаганьне з Русьсю Кіеўскай.

     Jak my adznačyli ranjej, Pólackaja Rusʹ za ŭvjesʹ čas svajhó istnavanʹnja vjala amalʹ što nje bjespjeraryŭnaje zmahanʹnje z Rusʹsju Kijeŭskaj.

     As we noted earlier, Polotskian Rus was almost constantly engaged in a struggle against Kievan Rus throughout its existence.

3. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)
   • 1936, Сяргей Канстанцінавіч Паўловіч, Першая навука Закону Божага з беларуска-славянскім букваром, Warsaw: Друкарня Сынадальная, page 149:

     З Кіева Уладзімір пасылаў сьвяшчэньнікаў да іншых местаў і сёлаў, каб хрысьцілі народ. З помаччу Божай вера Хрыстова распаўсюджылася на ўсёй Русі.

     Z Kijeva Uladzimir pasylaŭ sʹvjaščenʹnikaŭ da inšyx mjestaŭ i sjólaŭ, kab xrysʹcili naród. Z pómačču Bóžaj vjera Xrystóva raspaŭsjudžylasja na ŭsjoj Rusi.

     From Kyiv, Vladimir sent priests to other cities and villages to baptize the people. With God's help, the faith of Christ spread throughout all of Rus.

• Ру́ская зямля́ (Rúskaja zjamljá)

• Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ, “White Ruthenia, White Russia, Belarus”)
• Чырво́ная Русь (Čyrvónaja Rusʹ, “Red Ruthenia”) (Eastern Galicia)
• Чо́рная Русь (Čórnaja Rusʹ, “Black Ruthenia”)
• Кі́еўская Русь (Kíjeŭskaja Rusʹ, “Kievan Rus”)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “Русь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 485
• “Русь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "Русь" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *roocci (“Swedes”), probably from Old Swedish Roþrin, the name of a region of Sweden lying opposite Finland (see Roden).^[1] Cognate with Finnish Ruotsi, Estonian Rootsi.

Русь (Rusĭ) f (genitive Руси)

1. (collectively) Name of a group of Varangians, the ruling class in the principalities of Rus. [9th c.]
   • Hypatian Codex

     Афетово же колѣно и то Варѧзи . Свеи . Оурманє . Готѣ . Русь . Аглѧнѣ . Галичанѣ . Волохове . Римлѧнѣ . Нѣмци . Корлѧзи . Венедици . Фрѧговѣ . и прочии присѣдѧть ѿ запада къ полуденью. и съсѣдѧтсѧ съ племенем̑ Хамовомъ.

     Afetovo že kolěno i to Varęzi . Svei . Urmane . Gotě . Rusĭ . Aglęně . Galičaně . Voloxove . Rimlęně . Němci . Korlęzi . Venedici . Fręgově . i pročii prisědętĭ otŭ zapada kŭ poludenĭju. i sŭsědętsę sŭ plemenem̑ Xamovomŭ.

     The offspring of Japheth were the Varangians, Swedes, Norsemen, Goths, Rusĭ, Angles, Galicians, Vlachs, Romans, Germans, Korlyazi ["Carolingians", i.e. Franks], Venetians, Fryazi [Italians, Genovese] and others. In the west they are ajacent to the southern countries, and neighbours with the Hamites.

   • Hypatian Codex s.a. 6370 (862)

     идоша за море к Варѧгом̑ . к Руси . сіце бо звахуть . ты Варѧ̑гы Русь . ꙗко се друзии зовутсѧ Свеє . друзии же Оурмани . Аньглѧне . инѣи и Готе . тако и си ркоша.

     idoša za more k Varęgom̑ . k Rusi . sice bo zvaxutĭ . ty Varę̑gy Rusĭ . jako se druzii zovutsę Sveje . druzii že Urmani . Anĭglęne . iněi i Gote . tako i si rkoša.

     And they went overseas to the Varangians, to the Rusĭ. These particular Varangians were known as Rusĭ, just as some are called Swedes, and others Normans and Angles, and still others Gotlanders, for they were thus named.

2. (collectively) Inhabitants of Rus; East Slavic people. [10–12th cc.]

   Synonym: Русьскаꙗ землꙗ (Rusĭskaja zemlja)

Русь (Rusĭ) is the collective plural for the Varangian elite ruling Rus, the Old East Slavic state. A single individual is called a русинъ (rusinŭ), whence modern Russian руси́н (rusín, “Ruthenian”). While the Rus-Byzantine treaty of AD 911 is unclear on whether "Rus" refers just to the ruling elite or to the entire population, the treaty of 944 is explicit on the point that the "Rus" are "all people of the Rus land" (русьскаꙗ землꙗ (rusĭskaja zemlja)).

• русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)

Inherited from Old East Slavic Роусь (Rusĭ).

Русь • (Rusʹ) f inan

1. (collectively) Inhabitants of Rus; East Slavic people
2. Rus

• Belarusian: Русь (Rusʹ)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Русь (Rusʹ)
• Ukrainian: Русь (Rusʹ)

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*Русь¹; Русь²”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 309
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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “Русь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 485
• Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Рꙋсь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 117

Inherited from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

• IPA^(key): [rusʲ]

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Русь • (Rusʹ) f inan (genitive Руси́, nominative plural Ру́си, genitive plural Русе́й, relational adjective ру́сский)

1. Rus

   на Руси́ ― na Rusí ― in Rus (preposition "на", not "в" is used)

   Ки́евская Русь ― Kíjevskaja Rusʹ ― Kievan Rus

2. (poetic) Russia

   Synonym: (regular term) Росси́я (Rossíja)

3. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)
4. An umbrella term for the territory of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, inhabited by the East Slavic Christian Orthodox people. Used until the 20th century.
5. name of a St. Petersburg daily newspaper published from 1903 to 1908
6. name of a special forces unit (ОСНАЗ) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (formed 1994)

• Preposition на (na) should be used to express the location, e.g. "на Руси́" - in Rus, in Russia.

• Ру́сская земля́ (Rússkaja zemljá)

• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 羅斯／罗斯 (Luósī)
• → Japanese: ルーシ (Rūshi)
• → Latin: Russia (New Latin)
• → Nanai: лоча (loča)
• → Nivkh: лоча (loț’a)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Русь (Rusʹ). By surface analysis, Proto-Germanic *rōþrą + -ь (-ʹ)

• IPA^(key): [rusʲ]

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Русь • (Rusʹ) f inan (genitive Ру́сі or Русі́ or Ру́си or Руси́, uncountable, relational adjective ру́ський)

1. Rus
2. (historical) Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)

   Ки́ївська Русь ― Kýjivsʹka Rusʹ ― Kievan Rus

3. Ruthenia

• Ру́ська земля́ (Rúsʹka zemljá)

• “Русь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “Русь”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “Русь”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)