Римъ

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ).

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrimʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲimʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲim/
• Hyphenation: Ри‧мъ

Римъ (Rimŭ) m

1. Rome (the capital of the Roman Empire)
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎, page 4:

     а по двинѣ въ варѧги· иꙁъ варѧгъ до рима· ѿ рима до племени хамова

     a po dvině vŭ varęgi· izŭ varęgŭ do rima· otŭ rima do plemeni xamova

     along Dvina to the land of the Varyags, from the land of the Varyags to Rome, from Rome to the tribe of Ham

• Old Ruthenian: Римъ
  • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
  • Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
  • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
• Russian: Рим (Rim)

Inherited from Old East Slavic Римъ (Rimŭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ).

Римъ • (transliteration needed) m inan

1. Rome (the capital and largest city of Italy and Roman Empire)

• Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
• Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
• Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*Римъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ – 15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 292

Римъ • (Rim) m inan (genitive Ри́ма, related adjective ри́мскій)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of Рим (Rim).