рожа
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈroʐə]
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *roďa, related to *rodъ. Compare Old East Slavic рожаи (rožai, “appearance, face”).
Noun
ро́жа • (róža) f inan (genitive ро́жи, nominative plural ро́жи, genitive plural рож)
- (colloquial, derogatory) face, mug, ugly mug, puss
- Synonyms: (neutral) лицо́ (licó); мо́рда (mórda), ха́ря (xárja), физионо́мия (fizionómija), па́чка (páčka), ры́ло (rýlo), мурло (murlo)
- ско́рчить рожу ― skórčitʹ rožu ― make a face
- У него́, что жо́па, что ро́жа, одно́ и то́ же ― U nevó, što žópa, što róža, odnó i tó že ― You can’t tell his ass from his face.
Declension
Related terms
- урожа́й (urožáj), рожде́ние (roždénije), жопоро́жец (žoporóžec)
- рожистый (rožistyj), краснорожий (krasnorožij), криворожий (krivorožij)
Descendants
- → Armenian: ռոժ (ṙož)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рожа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
A pan-European formation in medical symptomatology after the appearance of the rose-blossom, compare the translations of erysipelas.
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