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рожь
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ръжь (rŭžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *rъžь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Serbo-Croatian raž, Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Latvian rudzi, German Roggen, English rye.
Pronunciation
Noun
рожь • (rožʹ) f inan (genitive ржи, nominative plural ржи, genitive plural ржей, relational adjective ржано́й)
Declension
Derived terms
- ржа́нище (ržánišče)
- ржи́ца (ržíca)
- ржи́ще (ržíšče)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рожь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “рожь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 120
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