rusca

See also: Rusca and Rusça

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rusca

1. in Russian

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈruːs.ka/, [ˈruːs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/, [ˈruskä]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *HrewH- (“to dig”).

Noun

rūsca f (genitive rūscae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bark

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rūsca	rūscae
genitive	rūscae	rūscārum
dative	rūscae	rūscīs
accusative	rūscam	rūscās
ablative	rūscā	rūscīs
vocative	rūsca	rūscae

Descendants

• Catalan: rusc
• Old French: rusche
  • Middle French: rusche
    • French: ruche
      • → English: ruche
      • → German: Rüsche
      • → Italian: ruche
      • → Polish: riusza
  • Norman: ruche
• Old Occitan: rusca
• Lombard: rusca, rusc
• Piedmontese: rusca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

References

• rusca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark, peel

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark