rusca

See also: ruscă, Rusca, and Rusça

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rusca

in Russian

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈruːs.ka]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrus.ka]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *HrewH- (“to dig”).

Noun

rūsca f (genitive rūscae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) bark

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rūsca	rūscae
genitive	rūscae	rūscārum
dative	rūscae	rūscīs
accusative	rūscam	rūscās
ablative	rūscā	rūscīs
vocative	rūsca	rūscae

Descendants

Catalan: rusc
Old French: rusche
- Middle French: rusche
  - French: ruche
    - → English: ruche
    - → German: Rüsche
    - → Italian: ruche
    - → Polish: riusza
- Norman: ruche
Old Occitan: rusca
Lombard: rusca, rusc
Piedmontese: rusca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rusca

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

References

"rusca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

bark, peel

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

bark