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Rys

Rys

(rīs or rĭs)
,
Noun.
A branch.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


rys

rys

See also: ryś

Albanian

Verb

rys (first-person singular past tense rysa, participle rysur)

  1. to train, practise, exercise
Related terms
  • stërvit

Czech

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rysь

Noun

rys m anim

  1. lynx
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

rys m inan

  1. trait, attribute
  2. technical drawing

Declension

Derived terms

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Lower Sorbian

rys

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rys.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɨs/

Noun

rys m

  1. lynx (wildcat of the genus Lynx)

Declension

References

  • rys in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • rys in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь

Noun

rys m (genitive singular rysa, nominative plural rysy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. lynx

Declension

Derived terms

  • rysí