Ruś

See also: rus, rus', rus., ruš, Rus, Rus., Rus', RUS, and R Us

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruɕ/

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• Rhymes: -uɕ
• Syllabification: Ruś

Etymology 1

Variant of Rusz.

Proper noun

Ruś m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ruś

	singular	plural
nominative	Ruś	Rusiowie
genitive	Rusia	Rusiów
dative	Rusiowi	Rusiom
accusative	Rusia	Rusiów
instrumental	Rusiem	Rusiami
locative	Rusiu	Rusiach
vocative	Rusiu	Rusiowie

Proper noun

Ruś f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Etymology 2

Derived from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Proper noun

Ruś f (related adjective ruski or rusiński)

1. (historical) Rus, Kievan Rus (medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev)

   Synonym: Ruś Kijowska

2. Rus, Ruthenia (region located mainly in modern Ukraine and Belarus)

Declension

Declension of Ruś

	singular
nominative	Ruś
genitive	Rusi
dative	Rusi
accusative	Ruś
instrumental	Rusią
locative	Rusi
vocative	Rusi

Derived terms

nouns

• Białoruś
• Rusin
• Rusinka
• Ruś Biała
• Ruś Czarna
• Ruś Czerwona

 

proverbs

• musi to na Rusi, a w Polsce jak kto chce

 

Further reading

• Ruś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ruś in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Ruś in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Ruś”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022