A derogatory collective term for russians. Close to “ katsap”
Rus + -nya (collective suffix); most likely, it is primarily a Russian word, since it is in the Russian language that Russians are called "Russian" (Russian: русские), while in the Ukrainian language they are never called that way; "rosnya" is a deliberate change of the word "rusnya" with "y" changed to "o" to bring it closer to the name of the country Russia (Russian: Россия) and distance the root from the medieval state of Rus.
Rus + -nya (collective suffix); most likely, it is primarily a Russian word, since it is in the Russian language that Russians are called "Russian" (Russian: русские), while in the Ukrainian language they are never called that way; "rosnya" is a deliberate change of the word "rusnya" with "y" changed to "o" to bring it closer to the name of the country Russia (Russian: Россия) and distance the root from the medieval state of Rus.
by rumiankowa January 6, 2023