Римъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Rimъ (“Rome”).

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rimŭ) m

1. A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of Italy; capital city of the region of Lazio.

Declension

Declension of Римъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
genitive	Рима Rima	— —	— —
dative	Римоу Rimu	— —	— —
accusative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	Римомъ Rimomŭ	— —	— —
locative	Римѣ Rimě	— —	— —
vocative	Риме Rime	— —	— —

Related terms

• римьскъ (rimĭskŭ, “Roman”)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)
• Macedonian: Рим (Rim)
• → Old East Slavic: Римъ (Rimŭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
    • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
    • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
  • Russian: Рим (Rim)
• → Romanian: Râm (obsolete)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrimʊ/→/ˈrʲimʊ/→/ˈrʲim/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrimʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲimʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrʲim/

• Hyphenation: Ри‧мъ

Proper noun

Римъ (Rimŭ) m

1. Rome (the capital of the Roman Empire)
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 4:

     а по двинѣ въ варѧги· иꙁъ варѧгъ до рима· ѿ рима до племени хамова

     a po dvině vŭ varęgi· izŭ varęgŭ do rima· otŭ rima do plemeni xamova

     along Dvina to the land of the Varyags, from the land of the Varyags to Rome, from Rome to the tribe of Ham

Declension

Declension of Римъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
Genitive	Рима Rima	— —	— —
Dative	Риму Rimu	— —	— —
Accusative	Римъ Rimŭ	— —	— —
Instrumental	Римъмь Rimŭmĭ	— —	— —
Locative	Римѣ Rimě	— —	— —
Vocative	Риме Rime	— —	— —

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
  • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
  • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
• Russian: Рим (Rim)

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Римъ (Rimŭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Римъ (Rimŭ).

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rim) m inan

1. Rome (the capital and largest city of Italy and Roman Empire)

Descendants

• Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
• Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*Римъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 292

Russian

Proper noun

Римъ • (Rim) m inan (genitive Ри́ма, relational adjective ри́мскій)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of Рим (Rim).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of Римъ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ри́мъ Rím
genitive	Ри́ма Ríma
dative	Ри́му Rímu
accusative	Ри́мъ Rím
instrumental	Ри́момъ Rímom
prepositional	Ри́мѣ Rímě