# rys
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rə̟i̯s]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rys (uncountable)
* rice

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rūtja, from Proto-Indo-European *reṷə-. Cognate to Latin ruo (“to rush down, to bring down”), Proto-Slavic *ryti, Lithuanian ráuti (“to tear, to pull”), Egyptian rish (“high leader, boss”).

### Verb

rys (aorist rysa, participle rysur)
* (transitive) to train, practise, exercise
    Synonym: stërvis

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

### Further reading

* “rys”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “rys”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɪs]
* Rhymes: -ɪs
* Homophone: Rys

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech rys, from Proto-Slavic *rysь.

#### Noun

rys m anim
* lynx

##### Derived terms

* rysí
* rysový
* rysice

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

rys m inan
* trait, attribute
* technical drawing

##### Derived terms

* bokorys
* nárys
* povahový rys
* půdorys
* rýsování

##### Related terms

* obrys m
* rýsovat

### Further reading

* “rys”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rys”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “rys”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rys.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɨs/

### Noun

rys m anim
* lynx (wildcat of the genus Lynx)

#### Declension
### References

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “rys”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “rys”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* ryce, ryse

### Etymology

From Old French ris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /riːs/

### Noun

rys (uncountable)
* rice

#### Descendants

* English: rice
* Scots: rice

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɘs/
* Rhymes: -ɘs
* Syllabification: rys

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German rîz. Doublet of rysa.

#### Noun

rys m inan
* hallmark (distinct characteristic)
* lineament
    Synonyms: zarys, kontur
* summary, recapitulation, synopsis, abstract
    Synonym: streszczenie

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

rys f
* genitive plural of rysa

### Further reading

* rys in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rys in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rysь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ris]

### Noun

rys m animal (relational adjective rysí)
* lynx

#### Derived terms

* rysica

### Further reading

* “rys”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## West Frisian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

rys c (no plural)
* rice

#### Further reading

* “rys (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011