ратуша

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ратуша (ratuša), from Polish ratusz, from Middle High German rāthūs (whence also German Rathaus); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz + Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Polish /ʃ/ replaced Middle High German s because at the time, this letter was pronounced as apicoalveolar /s̺/ (with a weak hushing sound, similar to Castilian Spanish) and was distinct from the letter written z, pronounced as laminoalveolar /s/ (with a strong hissing sound, similar to English).

Compare parallel Russian Дом Сове́тов (Dom Sovétov, “House of Soviets”) (Дом Советов), дом сове́та (dom sovéta) from дом (dom) + сове́т (sovét).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈratʊʂə]
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Noun

ра́туша • (rátuša) f inan (genitive ра́туши, nominative plural ра́туши, genitive plural ра́туш, relational adjective ра́тушный)

(historical) administrative body of a city or township
town hall

Declension

Declension of ра́туша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ра́туша rátuša	ра́туши rátuši
genitive	ра́туши rátuši	ра́туш rátuš
dative	ра́туше rátuše	ра́тушам rátušam
accusative	ра́тушу rátušu	ра́туши rátuši
instrumental	ра́тушей, ра́тушею rátušej, rátušeju	ра́тушами rátušami
prepositional	ра́туше rátuše	ра́тушах rátušax

Related terms

Proto-Germanic *rēdaz related

Borrowed

Ко́нрад m anim (Kónrad)
ра́да f (ráda)

Native

нераде́ние n (neradénije), нераде́нье n (neradénʹje)
неради́вый (neradívyj)
раде́ние n (radénije), раде́нье n (radénʹje)
раде́тель m anim (radételʹ)
раде́ть impf (radétʹ)
ради́вый (radívyj)

Proto-Germanic *hūsą related

Borrowed

? я́рус m (járus)

Borrowed into Proto-Slavic

хи́жина f (xížina)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ратуша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ратуша”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa