Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Рига (Riha) +‎ -ꙗнинъ (-janin).

Noun

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рижанинъ (rižaninm pers (genitive рижанина, nominative plural рижане)

  1. Rigan (an inhabitant of Riga) [from 14th c.]

Further reading

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Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “рижанинъ, риженинъ, рыжанинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 104