rusca

See also: Rusca and Rusça

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rusca

1. in Russian

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/, [ˈrʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/, [ˈruskä]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *HrewH- (“to dig”).

Noun

rusca f (genitive ruscae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bark

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rusca	ruscae
Genitive	ruscae	ruscārum
Dative	ruscae	ruscīs
Accusative	ruscam	ruscās
Ablative	ruscā	ruscīs
Vocative	rusca	ruscae

Descendants

• Catalan: rusc
• Old French: rusche
  • Middle French: rusche
    • French: ruche
      • → English: ruche
      • → German: Rüsche
      • → Italian: ruche
      • → Polish: riusza
  • Norman: ruche
• Old Occitan: rusca
• Lombard: rusca, rusc
• Piedmontese: rusca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

References

• rusca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark, peel

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark