нерусь

Russian

Etymology

не (ne) +‎ русь (rusʹ); literally, “non-Russian”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲerʊsʲ]

Noun

не́русь • (nérusʹ) f inan (genitive не́руси, nominative plural не́руси, genitive plural не́русей)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur, usually collective) aliens, foreigners, outlanders (from the Russian perspective); people with no Russian ethnic or cultural relation

Usage notes

Modern usage is derogatory and associated with Russian nationalist discourse.

Historically, the term was used more neutrally, for example, in poetry.

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	не́русь nérusʹ	не́руси nérusi
genitive	не́руси nérusi	не́русей nérusej
dative	не́руси nérusi	не́русям nérusjam
accusative	не́русь nérusʹ	не́руси nérusi
instrumental	не́русью nérusʹju	не́русями nérusjami
prepositional	не́руси nérusi	не́русях nérusjax

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”)