рускїй

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

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)

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Descendants

Noun

ру́скїй (rúskijm (feminine ру́ска)

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

References

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

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