Rus

Alternative forms

 * (in the context of transliteration from Arabic)
 * (in the context of transliteration from Arabic)

Etymology
Earlier form from  etc., from. More recent use influenced by, from. Use with macron was probably influenced by the transliteration of Arabic.

Compare, , , , ,.

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Proper noun

 * 1) A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev and the Volga and Dnieper gave rise to the Rus' principalities.
 * 2) Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
 * 3) Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
 * 4)  The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.
 * 1)  The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.

Usage notes
This neutral term is used more often instead of or, acknowledging that the Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian people share the heritage of Rus.

With this innovation, it is sometimes unclear how to replace the adjective in the same context. Alternatives include using the attributive noun, as in “the Rus princes”, or rewriting to use “of Rus”. The nonstandard adjective is seen very rarely.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Roes
 * Arabic: رُوس
 * Belarusian: Русь, русь, русіч
 * Bulgarian: Рус
 * Carpathian Rusyn: русь
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: rusit
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: Ρως
 * Hebrew: רוס
 * Indonesian: Rus
 * Japanese: ルーシ
 * Korean: ^루시
 * Latin: Ruthenia
 * Latvian: Krievzeme
 * Macedonian: Рус
 * Malay: Rus
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Русија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ruser
 * Ukrainian:, русь, русич


 * Armenian: Ռուսիա
 * Azerbaijani: Rus
 * Belarusian: Русь, Ру́ская зямля́, Рутэ́нія
 * Bulgarian: Рус
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Русь, Ру́ська земля́
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: Roes
 * Finnish: Rutenia
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: Ρως
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian: Rus
 * Italian: Rutenia
 * Japanese: ルーシ, ルテニア
 * Korean: ^루시, ^루테니아
 * Latvian: Krievzeme
 * Macedonian: Рус
 * Malay: Rus
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Рус
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: Роусь
 * Old East Slavic: Русьскаꙗ землꙗ, Русь
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Ruténia, Rutênia
 * Russian:, Ру́сская земля́, Руте́ния
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: Rutenia
 * Ukrainian:, Ру́ська земля́, Руте́нія


 * Armenian: Ռուսիա
 * Belarusian: Русь
 * Bulgarian: Рус
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Русь
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: Rusj
 * Greek: Ρως
 * Japanese: ルーシ
 * Latvian: Krievzeme
 * Macedonian: Рус
 * Old East Slavic: Русь
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Ruténia, Rutênia
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Ukrainian:

Noun

 * 1) A person from Rus.
 * 2) * 1959, Boris Dmitrievich Grekov, Kiev Rus, Foreign Languages Pub. House, p 244:
 * And if a Rus hits a Greek, or a Greek a Rus with a sword, a spear or any other weapon, he shall pay five litres of silver for his offence, in accordance with Rus law; and if he be unable (insolvent—Author) his property shall be sold for the best price it fetches, including the very clothes . ..
 * 1) * 1959, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solov’ev, History of Russia from the Earliest Times [2000], v 3 (The Shift Northward: Kievan Rus, 1154–1228), p 223:
 * If a Varangian claimed money from a Rus, or a Rus from a Varangian, and the debtor refused to pay, the plaintiff, accompanied by twelve witnesses, . ..
 * 1) * 1973, Donald W. Treadgold, The West in Russia and China: Religious and Secular Thought in Modern Times, v 1 (Russia, 1472–1917), ISBN 0521097258, p xxxv:
 * The Church of Kievan Rus knew men well-versed in Scripture and apparently other learning of the time, such as the Metropolitans Ioann II (d. 1089) and Klimetn Smoliatich (twelfth century). The former was Greek, and the latter a Rus.

Noun

 * 1)  person from Russia or of Russian descent

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  rose

Usage notes

 * The diminutive Rüsje is Ripuarian; the form Riesche is Moselle Franconian.

Noun

 * 1) Russian person

Proper noun

 * 1)  Russia

Noun

 * 1) Russian
 * 2)  detective

Etymology
From or Rus ("Ruthenian" or "Russian").

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Russian (male person)

Noun

 * 1) Russian person

Noun

 * 1) Russian (male person)

Noun

 * 1) A Russian person (nationality)