Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ortь.

Noun edit

рать (ratĭf

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. enemy army

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ortь. Related to реть (retĭ, quarrel, competition).

Cognates include Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, assault), Sanskrit ऋतीयते (ṛtīyate, to quarrel, to hate), Sanskrit समरण (samaraṇa, war, strife), Ancient Greek ἔρῐς (éris, strife, quarrel) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (see there for further descendants)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ratʲ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atʲ

Noun edit

рать (ratʹf inan (genitive ра́ти, nominative plural ра́ти, genitive plural ра́тей, relational adjective ра́тный)

  1. (archaic or folk poetic) army, host, array
  2. (archaic or folk poetic) battle, war

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress