рать

See also: рат and Appendix:Variations of "rat"

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ortь.

Noun

рать • (ratĭ) f

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. enemy army

Declension

Derived terms

Russian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

рать • (ratʹ) f 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

Declension

Synonyms

References

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