рожь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ръжь (rŭžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *rъžь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian raž, Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Latvian rudzi, German Roggen, English rye.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [roʂ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

рожь • (rožʹ) f inan (genitive ржи, nominative plural ржи, genitive plural ржей, relational adjective ржано́й)

(in the singular) rye (grass; grain)
(usually in the plural) stand or field of rye

Declension

Declension of рожь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-bʹ reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ро́жь róžʹ	ржи́ rží
genitive	ржи́ rží	рже́й ržéj
dative	ржи́ rží	ржа́м ržám
accusative	ро́жь róžʹ	ржи́ rží
instrumental	ро́жью róžʹju	ржа́ми ržámi
prepositional	ржи́ rží	ржа́х ržáx

Pre-reform declension of рожь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-bʹ reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ро́жь róžʹ	ржи́ rží
genitive	ржи́ rží	рже́й ržéj
dative	ржи́ rží	ржа́мъ ržám
accusative	ро́жь róžʹ	ржи́ rží
instrumental	ро́жью róžʹju	ржа́ми ržámi
prepositional	ржи́ rží	ржа́хъ ržáx

Derived terms

ржа́нище (ržánišče)
ржи́ца (ržíca)
ржи́ще (ržíšče)

Descendants

→ Armenian: արիշ (ariš) (via a Kipchak language)
→ Bashkir: арыш (arış)
→ Crimean Tatar: арыш / arış
→ Kildin Sami: ро̄шшь (rōšš’)
→ Tatar: арыш (arış)
→ Yakut: оруос (oruos)
→ Proto-Common Turkic: *arïš^[1]
- → Kott: âres̔
- → Pumpokol: орось

References

^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019), Vovin, Alexander, de la Fuente, José Andrés Alonso, editors, Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The Languages of Asia; 19), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40

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