rysa

See also: Rysä, rysä, Ryša, rysą, and ryšä

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɪsa]

Noun

rysa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of rys

Lower Sorbian

Noun

rysa

1. genitive/accusative singular of rys

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Riss, from Middle High German riss, from Old High German riz, from Proto-Germanic *writiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɨ.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɨsa
• Syllabification: ry‧sa

Noun

rysa f (diminutive ryska)

1. scratch (on the surface of something)

   Synonym: zadrapanie

   Kto zrobił tę rysę na moim samochodzie? ― Who made this scratch on my car?

2. crack (on the wall, rock etc.)

   Na starym murze pojawiły się rysy. ― Some cracks appeared on the old wall.

3. deep crease
4. small but significant character flaw or any other imperfection of phenomena, processes etc.

Declension

Declension of rysa

	singular	plural
nominative	rysa	rysy
genitive	rysy	rys
dative	rysie	rysom
accusative	rysę	rysy
instrumental	rysą	rysami
locative	rysie	rysach
vocative	ryso	rysy

Descendants

• → Ukrainian: риса (rysa)
• → Belarusian: рыса (rysa)

Further reading

• rysa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rysa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrisa]

Noun

rysa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of rys

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hrjósa, from Proto-Germanic *hreusaną (“to shudder, shiver, quiver”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Related to Old Norse hrār (“raw, fresh, juicy”), Old English hrēaw, hrēow (“raw”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬏𐬭𐬀 (xrūra, “bloody, gruesome, cruel”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙 (xruuant, “ghastly, gruesome”). More at raw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈryːsa]

Verb

rysa (present ryser, preterite ryste, supine ryst, imperative rys)

1. To shiver, shill, shake

   Man ryser av spänning när man läser boken.

   You shiver with excitement when you read the book.

   Att rysa av köld.

   To shake with cold.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rysa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rysa		—
Supine	ryst		—
Imperative	rys		—
Imper. plural1	rysen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ryser	ryste	—	—
Ind. plural1	rysa	ryste	—	—
Subjunctive2	ryse	ryste	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	rysande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rysansvärd
• rysare
• ryslig
• rysning

Anagrams

• syra