ruski

See also: Ruski

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ki/

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• Rhymes: -uski
• Syllabification: rus‧ki
• Homophone: Ruski

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

North Germanicbor.

Proto-Finnic *rooccibor.

Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ)der.

Polish Ruś

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas

Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ

Old Polish -ski

Polish -ski

Polish ruski

From Ruś + -ski.

Adjective

ruski (not comparable, no derived adverb, abbreviation rus.)

1. Ruthenian
2. (colloquial, relational) Russki, Russian

   Synonym: rosyjski

Declension

Declension of ruski (velar)

	singular				plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative/vocative	ruski		ruska	ruskie	ruscy	ruskie
genitive	ruskiego		ruskiej	ruskiego	ruskich
dative	ruskiemu, rusku1		ruskiej	ruskiemu, rusku1	ruskim
accusative	ruskiego	ruski	ruską	ruskie	ruskich	ruskie
instrumental	ruskim		ruską	ruskim	ruskimi
locative	ruskim		ruskiej	ruskim	ruskich

¹Archaic.

Derived terms

adverb

• raz na ruski rok

Noun

ruski m inan

1. (historical) Old Ruthenian (the ancestor language of Ukrainian, Belarusian and Rusyn)
2. (colloquial) Russian (language)

Declension

Declension of ruski

	singular
nominative	ruski
genitive	ruskiego
dative	ruskiemu
accusative	ruski
instrumental	ruskim
locative	ruskim
vocative	ruski

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ruski m pers

1. (deprecative) nominative plural of rusek (“Russki”)

Further reading

• “ruski”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ruski”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûskiː/ (adjective, noun)
• IPA^(key): /rûski/ (adverb)
• Hyphenation: ru‧ski

Adjective

rȕskī (Cyrillic spelling ру̏скӣ)

1. Russian (of, from or relating to Russia)

Declension

Declension of ruski

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ruski	ruska	rusko
genitive		ruskog(a)	ruske	ruskog(a)
dative		ruskom(u/e)	ruskoj	ruskom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	ruski ruskog(a)	rusku	rusko
vocative		ruski	ruska	rusko
locative		ruskom(e/u)	ruskoj	ruskom(e/u)
instrumental		ruskim	ruskom	ruskim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		ruski	ruske	ruska
genitive		ruskih	ruskih	ruskih
dative		ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)
accusative		ruske	ruske	ruska
vocative		ruski	ruske	ruska
locative		ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)
instrumental		ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)	ruskim(a)

Adverb

rȕski (Cyrillic spelling ру̏ски)

1. (in) Russian

   ne govorim ruski ― I don't speak Russian

Noun

rȕskī m inan (Cyrillic spelling ру̏скӣ)

1. the Russian language

   Hoću znati kako se kaže na ruskom ova riječ. (Ijekavian)

   Hoću da znam kako se kaže na ruskom ova reč. (Ekavian)

   I want to know how this word is said in Russian.

Slovene

Etymology

From Rús +‎ -ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rúːski/

Adjective

rȗski (not comparable)

1. Russian (of the nation, its language, or its culture)

   časopis ruski ― a Russian newspaper

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	rúski	rúska	rúsko
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rúski	rúska	rúsko
genitive	rúskega	rúske	rúskega
dative	rúskemu	rúski	rúskemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	rúsko	rúsko
locative	rúskem	rúski	rúskem
instrumental	rúskim	rúsko	rúskim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rúska	rúski	rúski
genitive	rúskih	rúskih	rúskih
dative	rúskima	rúskima	rúskima
accusative	rúska	rúski	rúski
locative	rúskih	rúskih	rúskih
instrumental	rúskima	rúskima	rúskima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rúski	rúske	rúska
genitive	rúskih	rúskih	rúskih
dative	rúskim	rúskim	rúskim
accusative	rúske	rúske	rúska
locative	rúskih	rúskih	rúskih
instrumental	rúskimi	rúskimi	rúskimi

Related terms

• Rúsija
• Rús / Rúsinja
• rúščina

Further reading

• “ruski”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ruski”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Upper Sorbian Rus

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas

Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ

Upper Sorbian -ski

Upper Sorbian ruski

From Rus + -ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀuski/
• Rhymes: -uski
• Hyphenation: ru‧s‧ki
• Syllabification: rus‧ki

Adjective

ruski (not comparable, derived adverb rusce)

1. (relational) Russian

   Ruske mócnarstwo skónči so 1917. ― The Russian Empire ended in 1917.

Declension

Declension of ruski

	singular				dual		plural
	masculine		neuter	feminine	virile	nonvirile	virile	nonvirile
	personal/animal	inanimate
nominative, vocative	ruski		ruske	ruska	ruskaj ruskej	ruskej	ruscy	ruske
genitive	ruskeho ruskoh¹			ruskeje	ruskeju		ruskich
dative	ruskemu ruskom¹			ruskej	ruskimaj		ruskim
accusative	ruskeho ruskoh¹	ruski	ruske	rusku	ruskeju	ruskej	ruskich	ruske
instrumental	ruskim			ruskej	ruskimaj		ruskimi
locative							ruskich

¹ Poetic or colloquial.

References

• “ruski” in Soblex