русый

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rusъ, from earlier *rudsъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰ-s-o-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrusɨj]
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Adjective

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ру́сый (rúsyj)

  1. fair(-haired), blond(e), light brown (of hair), dirty blond

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “русый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “руда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246