рускїй

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • ру́сскїй (rússkij)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic русьскъ (rusĭskŭ).[1] 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)

Declension

Declension of рускїй (velar)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative рускїй
ruskij
рускоє
ruskoje
рускаꙗ
ruskaja
рускїѣ
ruskijě
genitive руского
ruskoho
рускоѣ
ruskojě
рускихъ
ruskix
dative рускому
ruskomu
руской
ruskoj
рускимъ
ruskim
accusative animate руского
ruskoho
рускоє
ruskoje
рускую
ruskuju
рускихъ
ruskix
inanimate рускїй
ruskij
рускїѣ
ruskijě
instrumental рускимъ
ruskim
рускою
ruskoju
рускими
ruskimi
locative рускомъ
ruskom
руской
ruskoj
рускихъ
ruskix
short form рускъ
rusk
руско
rusko
руска
ruska
руски
ruski
  • россїйскїй (rossijskij)
  • Россїꙗ (Rossija)
  • россїꙗнинъ (rossijanin)
  • росскїй (rosskij)
  • россъ (ross)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ру́скі (rúski); ру́ські (rúsʹki), ру́ськы (rúsʹky) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj)
  • Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj)
  • Old Slovak: ruský (18ᵗʰ c.)
  • ? Old Polish: ruski (15ᵗʰ c.)

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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 218

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “руский, русский”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 484
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “рускии, русскии, руськии, русьскии”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 308
  • Dezső, László (1996), “рускый”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 146