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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
From хорота (xorota) + -нїк (-njik). Perhaps a calque of Serbo-Croatian болесник / bolesnik.
Pronunciation
Noun
хоротнїк (xorotnjik) m pers (feminine equivalent хоротнїца)
- sick person, patient
- Synonym: хори (xori)
- Near-synonym: пациєнт (pacijent)
- (in the plural) the sick, sick people
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “хоротнїк”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “sick”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 279