Yiddish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German rizen, from Old High German rīzan (to scratch), from a merger of two similar verbs, Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline)), and Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull). Compare German reißen.

Verb edit

רײַסן (raysn) (past participle געריסן (gerisn))

  1. to tear, rip, pull, rend
  2. (reflexive) to quarrel
  3. (reflexive, with צו (tsu)) to strive, endeavour, aspire to
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Etymology 2 edit

From a Slavic language; compare Belarusian Русь (Rusʹ, the historical state of Rus).

Proper noun edit

רײַסן (raysn?

  1. (archaic, now poetic) Belarus (the country, or the historical region)
    Synonyms: ווײַסרוסלאַנד (vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע (belorusye), בעלאַרוס (belarus)
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