крыса
See also: кырса
Erzya
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian крыса (krysa).
Pronunciation
Noun
крыса • (krïsa)
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “крыса”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
Russian
Etymology
Uncertain. Hypotheses include:
- an alteration of a term related to грызть (gryztʹ, “to gnaw, to nibble”) – compare to грызу́н (gryzún, “rodent”);
- cognate with крот (krot, “mole”);
- from Proto-Slavic *krysъsa (“blood-sucker”).
Cognate with Ukrainian кри́са (krýsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkrɨsə]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: кры‧са
Noun
кры́са • (krýsa) f anim (genitive кры́сы, nominative plural кры́сы, genitive plural крыс, relational adjective крыси́ный, diminutive кры́ска)
- rat
- водяна́я кры́са ― vodjanája krýsa ― water rat; water vole
- (derogatory) an unimportant or unpleasant person
- канцеля́рская кры́са ― kanceljárskaja krýsa ― office drudge; pen pusher
- (criminal slang, prison slang) a thief who steals from his fellows or informs against them; a rat
- (video games) camper
Declension
Declension of кры́са (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of кры́са (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- крысёнок m anim (krysjónok)
- крысёныш m anim (krysjónyš)
- кры́сить impf (krýsitʹ)
- крыся́тничать impf (krysjátničatʹ)
- окры́ситься pf (okrýsitʹsja)
Descendants
- → Armenian: կռիս (kṙis)
- → Czech: krysa
- → Erzya: крыса (krïsa)
- → Slovak: krysa
- → Tuvan: крыса (krısa)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крыса”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress