ryssja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish (i.e. a loanword before 1541), originally from a Celtic word, from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”).

Cognate with French ruche (“beehive”) and German Reuse (“fish-trap”), as well as Danish ruse (“fish trap”) and Norwegian Bokmål ruse (“fish trap”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rʏɧːa/

Noun

ryssja c

  1. a fish-trap

Usage notes
  • One of very few words where the /ɧ/ sound is spelled ⟨ssj⟩. The other three are hyssja, hässja and ässja.

Declension
Declension of ryssja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ryssja ryssjan ryssjor ryssjorna
Genitive ryssjas ryssjans ryssjors ryssjornas
  • ryss (etymology 2)
  • ryssjefiske
  • ryssjfiske

References
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