רײַסן

Yiddish

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Proper noun

רײַסן • (raysn) ?

  1. (archaic, now poetic) Belarus (the country, or the historical region)
    Synonyms: ווײַסרוסלאַנד‎ (vaysrusland), בעלאָרוסיע‎ (belorusye), בעלאַרוס‎ (belarus)
Derived terms
  • רײַסיש‎ (raysish, “(archaic) Belarusian”)
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