Old Ruthenian

English

Proper noun

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Old Ruthenian

1. (historical) A descendant of the Old East Slavic language, a language used in the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Cossack state, ancestor of Belarusian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian. It contrasts with the Middle Russian language or early modern Russian language of Muscovy.

   Synonyms: Ruthenian, (chiefly Russian perspective) West Russian, (Ukrainian perspective) Middle Ukrainian, (Belarusian perspective) Middle Belarusian

Adjective

Old Ruthenian (not comparable)

1. Of or related to Old Ruthenia.

Usage notes

• Not all resources agree on the more detailed separation between Old East Slavic and descendant languages.

Translations

of or related to Old Ruthenia

• Belarusian: заходнеру́скі (zaxodnjerúski)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: ꙁападьнороусьскъ (zapadĭnorusĭskŭ)

• Russian: западнору́сский (ru) (zapadnorússkij)
• Ukrainian: західнору́ський (zaxidnorúsʹkyj)

See also

• Old East Slavic