Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic русьскъ (rusĭskŭ).[1] By surface analysis, Русь (Rusʹ, Rus) +‎ -скїй (-skij). Doublet of росскїй (rosskij). Cognate with Russian ру́сский (rússkij).

Adjective

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ру́скїй (rúskij)

  1. East Slavic
  2. Ruthenian
    ру́скїй ѧзы́къrúskij jazýkRuthenian language
  3. (historical) Old East Slavic; Rus', related to the Rus'
  4. (religion) Orthodox; Greek Catholic
  5. Cyrillic (written in Cyrillic alphabet)

Declension

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Noun

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ру́скїй (rúskijm (feminine ру́ска)

  1. Rusyn; a Ruthenian, native or inhabitant of Ruthenia

References

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  1. ^ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “ру́скі”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 218

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “руский, русский”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 484
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “рускии, русскии, руськии, русьскии”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 308
  • Dezső, László (1996) “рускый”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 146