нерусь

Russian

Etymology

не (ne) +‎ Русь (Rusʹ)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnʲerʊsʲ]

Noun

не́русь • (nérusʹ) f inan (genitive не́руси, uncountable)

(colloquial, collective, derogatory, racist, ethnic slur) people with no Russian ethnical or cultural relation; aliens (from the Russian perspective).

Usage notes

Sometimes used less offensively in archaic lexical context, such as in poetry.

Declension

Declension of не́русь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)

	singular
nominative	не́русь nérusʹ
genitive	не́руси nérusi
dative	не́руси nérusi
accusative	не́русь nérusʹ
instrumental	не́русью nérusʹju
prepositional	не́руси nérusi

Synonyms

неру́сский (nerússkij, “a non-Russian”) (neutral)

Related terms

вы́русь (výrusʹ, “Russians who joined another identity”)
о́трусь (ótrusʹ, “Russians who have lost their Russian identity but not joined another”)

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