ryssja

Swedish

en ryssja

Etymology

From Old Swedish (i.e. a loanword before 1541), originally from a Celtic word, from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”).

Cognate with French ruche (“beehive”) and German Reuse (“fish-trap”), as well as Danish ruse (“fish trap”) and Norwegian Bokmål ruse (“fish trap”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rʏɧːa/

Noun

ryssja c

1. a fyke net, a fyke (type of fishing trap)

Usage notes

One of very few words where the /ɧ/ sound is spelled ⟨ssj⟩. The other three are hyssja, hässja and ässja.

Declension

Declension of ryssja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ryssja	ryssjas
	definite	ryssjan	ryssjans
plural	indefinite	ryssjor	ryssjors
	definite	ryssjorna	ryssjornas

Derived terms

• ålryssja

Related terms

• ryss (etymology 2)
• ryssjefiske
• ryssjfiske

See also

• fiskfälla (“fish trap”)
• mjärde
• tina

References

• ryssja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ryssja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ryssja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)