Wiktionary:About Old Ruthenian

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Old Ruthenian is defined in Wiktionary as being between the mid-15th century (c. 1450) to the late 18th century (c. 1800).

* Use these letters for alternative forms.

See also WT:Old Ruthenian transliteration

Concerining spelling, the following practices are followed:

• For /e/ use е instead of є or Middle Belarusian э.
  • Use є instead of е to show initial iotation or in a position after vowels.
    • The letter е at the beginning of a word is used only in borrowings where there is no iotation.
• For /o/ use о instead of ѻ, ꙩ, etc.
  • Use ѡ only in alternative forms to represent Middle Ukrainian /ô/ in the position after consonants.
• For /u/ use у instead of оу, ꙋ or ѫ.
• For /y/ use ы instead of ꙑ.
• For /i/ use и instead of і or ѵ.
  • Always use ї to represent /i/ before vowels and iotations.
• For /j/ use й avoiding и.
• For /je/ use є instead of е or ѥ.
• For /ju/ use ю instead of ѭ.
• For /ja/ use ꙗ and ѧ instead of я or ѩ.
  • Use ꙗ and ѧ as etymologically expected.
    • Use ꙗ where /ja/ originated from /a/ or any other sound.
    • Use ѧ in Polish borrowings with a nasal /ę/.
• There should always be ъ at the end if the word ends in a consonant.
  • The letter ъ is also used to separate consonants from subsequent iotated vowels.
  • Don't use ъ (the same applies to ь) inside a word between consonants, in the position of Old East Slavic reduced ъ /ŭ/ and ь /ĭ/ if they were lost.
• Always use ѣ as etymologically expected.
  • It is permissible to replace ѣ with и in entries of alternative Middle Ukrainian forms.
• For /g/ use кг for main entries and ґ in alternative form.
• For /z/ use з instead of ѕ, ꙁ, etc.
• For /šč/ use щ instead of Middle Belarusian шч.
• For /ks/ preferably use кс instead of ѯ.
• For /ps/ preferably use пс instead of ѱ.
• For /f/ preferably use ф instead of ѳ.

Give preference to these forms of words:

• Word forms that have already undergone labiovelarization -l- > -ŭ- > -v-.
• The ending -ецъ, not -ець (from Proto-Slavic *-ьcь).
  • And also за́ѧцъ (zájacʹ), мѣ́сѧцъ (mě́sjacʹ) (from Proto-Slavic *zàję̄cь, *mě̀sę̄cь).
• The ending -ица, not -ицꙗ (from Proto-Slavic *-ica).
• The ending -ьє (and -їє, mainly in Church Slavonicisms), not -є, -ꙗ and doubled consonants before them (from Proto-Slavic *-ьje).
• Word forms that have already undergone a transition -e- > -o- after ж, ш, ч.

Explanation

==Old Ruthenian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|zle-ort|}}

===Etymology===
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{{bor+|zle-ort|zlw-mpl|}}. {{etydate|c|early/mid/late 1500s/16th century, and later exactly from 1555}}
From {{af|zle-ort|}}. Compare {{cog|pl|}}.

===Noun/Verb/Adjective/Numeral===
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{{zle-ort-verb||impf}}
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{{head|zle-ort|numeral|head=|g=}}

# {{lb|zle-ort|}} ] {{gl|}}
#: {{syn|zle-ort|}}

====Derived terms====
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{{col-auto|zle-ort|title=adverbs|}}
{{col-auto|zle-ort|title=nouns|}}
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====Related terms====
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{{col-auto|zle-ort|title=adverbs|}}
{{col-auto|zle-ort|title=nouns|}}
{{col-auto|zle-ort|title=verbs|}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|be|}}
* {{desc|rue|}}
* {{desc|uk||;|<g:><qq:dialectal>}}
* {{desc|zle-mru||bor=1|unc=1}}
** {{desc|ru|}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:zle-obe:HSBM||||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:SUM-28|||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:ISUJa||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:SSUM|||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:MSPKUM|||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:UK||}}
* {{R:zle-ouk:Dezső:1996||}}

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