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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ру̏скиња／Rȕskinja (“female Russian”). By surface analysis, руски (ruski) + -иня (-inja).
Pronunciation
Noun
Рускиня (Ruskinja) f (related adjective руски or руснацки)
- female equivalent of Руснак (Rusnak): female Pannonian Rusyn
- Synonyms: (rare) Русинка (Rusinka), (rare) Русначка (Rusnačka)
- (colloquial) female Russian
- Synonym: Русиянка (Rusijanka)
Declension
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997), "Русинка", in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник (in Serbian), Vol. 2, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 448
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Рускиня”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “Ruthenian”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 260