рать

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ortь.

Noun

рать • (ratĭ) f

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. enemy army

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ortь, via Old Church Slavonic. 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]
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Noun

рать • (ratʹ) f inan (genitive ра́ти, nominative plural ра́ти, genitive plural ра́тей)

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

Declension

Declension of рать (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ра́ть
rátʹ		 ра́ти
ráti
genitive ра́ти
ráti		 ра́тей
rátej
dative ра́ти
ráti		 ра́тям
rátjam
accusative ра́ть
rátʹ		 ра́ти
ráti
instrumental ра́тью
rátʹju		 ра́тями
rátjami
prepositional ра́ти
ráti		 ра́тях
rátjax

Synonyms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
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