rysk

Swedish

From Old Swedish ryzker; equivalent to ryss +‎ -sk.

rysk (comparative mer rysk, superlative mest rysk)

Russian; of or pertaining to Russia or the Russian language
ryska tiden
the Russian era (the years 1809-1917, when Finland was a part of the Russian empire)

Inflection of rysk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	rysk	mer rysk	mest rysk
Neuter singular	ryskt	mer ryskt	mest ryskt
Plural	ryska	mer ryska	mest ryska
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	ryske	mer ryske	mest ryske
All	ryska	mer ryska	mest ryska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Documented since 1669. Cognate with Danish rysk, Nilandian ryskr, Smalandian ryskig, rysket, Norwegian rysk, rusk, Westrobothnian rusk.

rysk (comparative mer rysk, superlative mest rysk)

crazy, out of one's mind (especially in the phrase helt rysk, entirely crazy)
Har du blivit helt rysk?
Have you gone entirely out of your mind?

Often connected to the previous word.

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