нерусь
Russian
Etymology
не (ne) + русь (rusʹ); literally, “non-Russian”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲerʊsʲ]
Noun
не́русь • (nérusʹ) f inan (genitive не́руси, nominative plural не́руси, genitive plural не́русей)
- (colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur, usually collective) aliens, foreigners, outlanders (from the Russian perspective); people with no Russian ethnic or cultural relation
Usage notes
Modern usage is derogatory and associated with Russian nationalist discourse.
Historically, the term was used more neutrally, for example, in poetry.
Declension
Declension of не́русь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Synonyms
- неру́сский (nerússkij, “a non-Russian”) (neutral)
Related terms
- вы́русь (výrusʹ, “Russians who joined another identity”)
- о́трусь (ótrusʹ, “Russians who have lost their Russian identity but not joined another”)