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ржавый

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic ръжавъ (rŭžavŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rъďavъ, from *rъďa + *-avъ. By surface analysis, ржа (rža) +‎ -а́вый (-ávyj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrʐavɨj]
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  • Rhymes: -avə

Adjective

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ржа́вый (ržávyj)

  1. rusty (affected by rust)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ржа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Andréj Zaliznják (1985), Ot praslavjánskoj akcentuacii k rússkoj, Moscow: Naúka, page 151 (2.25)
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ржавый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa