rūsys
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian rūsa (“pit for storing potatoes”). Further related to Lithuanian raũsti (“to dig”), Latvian ràust (“to rake, dig”).
- According to Derksen it could be, along with Lithuanian raũpti (“to dig”), an extension of the base of ráuti (“to pull out (roots)”), which is related to Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to dig”).
- Alternatively, according to Vasmer, could be related to ру́шить (rúšitʹ, “to raze, tear down”).
Noun
rūsỹs m (plural rūsiai̇̃) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | rūsỹs | rūsiai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | rū̃sio | rūsių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | rū̃siui | rūsiáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | rū̃sį | rūsiùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | rūsiù | rūsiai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | rūsyjè | rūsiuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | rūsỹ | rūsiai̇̃ |
References
- “rūsys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “raũsti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 708
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “raupti; rausti; rauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ру́шить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress