Роисся

Russian

Etymology

A humorous misspelling of Россия (Rossija). This misspelling first appeared from a 2008 photo of a belt buckle. It became popular as a mockery of Dmitry Medvedev's article "Россия, вперёд (Rossija, vperjód)" and the patrotic slogan "вперёд, Россия (vperjód, Rossija)" (both meaning "Forward, Russia!").

Pronunciation

[rɐˈisʲːə]

Proper noun

Рои́сся • (Roíssja) f inan (genitive Рои́сси)

(derogatory, humorous, Internet slang) Russia.

Declension

Declension of Рои́сся (inan sg-only fem-form soft-stem accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Рои́сся Roíssja
genitive	Рои́сси Roíssi
dative	Рои́ссе Roísse
accusative	Рои́ссю Roíssju
instrumental	Рои́ссей, Рои́ссею Roíssej, Roísseju
prepositional	Рои́ссе Roísse

Derived terms

Роисся, вперде (Roissja, vperde)

Usage notes

Used by the Russian blogosphere to poke fun of poor social conditions and corruption in their own country.

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