rusc

See also: rúsc, rùsc, and Ruść

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”)der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”)

Proto-Celtic *rukskos

Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”)

Gaulish rūscabor.

Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”)

Catalan rusc

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrusk]

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Noun

rusc m (plural ruscs or ruscos)

1. beehive

   Synonyms: arna, buc, casera

Hyponyms

• abell
• seguer

Holonyms

• apiari

Further reading

• “rusc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rusc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “rusc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rusc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.