Rosja

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Polish[edit]

Rosja

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian Росси́я (Rossíja), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσία (Rhōsía), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), possibly from Finnish Ruotsi (“Sweden”), from Old Norse Róðrsland (“the land of rowing”), older name of Roslagen, where the Finns and Swedes first met.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔs.ja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsja
  • Syllabification: Ros‧ja

Proper noun[edit]

Rosja f

  1. Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Rosja
singular plural
nominative Rosja Rosje
genitive Rosji Rosji/Rosyj (archaic)
dative Rosji Rosjom
accusative Rosję Rosje
instrumental Rosją Rosjami
locative Rosji Rosjach
vocative Rosjo Rosje

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • Rosja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Rosja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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