крыса

See also: кырса

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Hypotheses include:

an alteration of a term related to грызть (gryztʹ, “to gnaw, to nibble”) – compare to грызу́н (gryzún, “rodent”);
cognate with крот (krot, “mole”);
from Proto-Slavic *krysъsa (“blood-sucker”).

Cognate with Ukrainian кри́са (krýsa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkrɨsə]
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Hyphenation: кры‧са

Noun

кры́са • (krýsa) f anim (genitive кры́сы, nominative plural кры́сы, genitive plural крыс, related adjective крыси́ный, diminutive кры́ска)

rat
водяна́я кры́са ― vodjanája krýsa ― water rat; water vole
(derogatory) an unimportant or unpleasant person
канцеля́рская кры́са ― kanceljárskaja krýsa ― office drudge; pen pusher
(criminal slang) a thief who steals from his fellows or informs against them; a rat
(video games) camper

Declension

Declension of кры́са (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кры́са krýsa	кры́сы krýsy
genitive	кры́сы krýsy	кры́с krýs
dative	кры́се krýse	кры́сам krýsam
accusative	кры́су krýsu	кры́с krýs
instrumental	кры́сой, кры́сою krýsoj, krýsoju	кры́сами krýsami
prepositional	кры́се krýse	кры́сах krýsax

Pre-reform declension of кры́са (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кры́са krýsa	кры́сы krýsy
genitive	кры́сы krýsy	кры́съ krýs
dative	кры́сѣ krýsě	кры́самъ krýsam
accusative	кры́су krýsu	кры́съ krýs
instrumental	кры́сой, кры́сою krýsoj, krýsoju	кры́сами krýsami
prepositional	кры́сѣ krýsě	кры́сахъ krýsax

Descendants

→ Armenian: կռիս (kṙis)
→ Czech: krysa
→ Slovak: krysa
→ Tuvan: крыса (krısa)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крыса”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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