ржа

Inherited from Old East Slavic ръжа (rŭža), from Proto-Slavic *rъďa.

• IPA^(key): [rʐa]

ржа • (rža) f inan (genitive ржи, uncountable)

1. (archaic, colloquial) rust

• (more common) ржа́вчина (ržávčina)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ржа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “ръжа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 203

• IPA^(key): [rʒa]

ржа • (rža) f inan (genitive ржі, uncountable, related adjective ржа́вий)

1. Alternative form of іржа́ (iržá, “rust”)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ржа”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ржа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “ржа”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)