Rusyn

English

Etymology

From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːsɪn/

Noun

Rusyn (plural Rusyns)

1. A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
2. (archaic) An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.

Translations

member of a people

• Belarusian: русна́к m (rusnák), русна́чка f (rusnáčka), русі́н m (rusín), русі́нка f (rusínka)
• Bulgarian: руси́н m (rusín)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Руси́н m (Rusýn), Руси́нка f (Rusýnka), Русна́к m (Rusnák), Русна́чка f (Rusnáčka)
• Czech: Rusín m
• Finnish: ruteeni (fi)
• French: Ruthène (fr) m, Rusin (fr) m, Rusyn (fr) m, Carpato-ruthène m, Rusniak m, Rusnak m, Ruthénien (fr) m
• German: Rusine (de) m, Rusinin (de) f, Rusniake m, Rusniakin f
• Kazakh: русын (rusyn)
• Polish: Rusin (pl) m, Rusnak m, Ruśniak m
• Russian: руси́н (ru) m (rusín), руси́нка (ru) f (rusínka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: rusin m

• Spanish: rusino
• Ukrainian: ру́си́н m (rúsýn), ру́си́нка f (rúsýnka), русняк n (rusnjak)

an inhabitant of the ancient Rus

• Belarusian: русі́н m (rusín), русі́нка f (rusínka), ру́скі (be) m (rúski), ру́ская (be) f (rúskaja), ру́січ m (rúsič), ру́січка f (rúsička)
• Polish: Rusin (pl) m, Rusinka f
• Russian: руси́н (ru) m (rusín), руси́нка (ru) f (rusínka), ру́сич (ru) m (rúsič), ру́сичка (ru) f (rúsička), ру́сский (ru) m (rússkij), ру́сская (ru) f (rússkaja)
• Ukrainian: ру́си́н m (rúsýn), ру́си́нка f (rúsýnka), ру́ський (uk) m (rúsʹkyj), ру́ська f (rúsʹka), ру́сич m (rúsyč), ру́сичка f (rúsyčka)

Proper noun

Rusyn

1. The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Carpathian Rusyn terms
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pannonian Rusyn terms

Translations

East Slavic language

• Carpathian Rusyn: руси́нська бесі́да f (rusýnsʹka besída), руси́ньскый язи́к m (rusýnʹskŷj jazýk), ру́ски язи́к m (rúsky jazýk)
• Finnish: ruteeni (fi)
• French: Rusyn (fr) m, Ruthène (fr) m
• German: Rusinisch (de) n, Rusniakisch n
• Kazakh: русын тіл (rusyn tıl)
• Polish: rusiński (pl) m
• Russian: руси́нский (ru) m (rusínskij), руси́нский язы́к (ru) m (rusínskij jazýk)
• Serbo-Croatian: rusinski (sh)
• Spanish: rusino m
• Ukrainian: руси́нська f (rusýnsʹka), руси́нська мо́ва f (rusýnsʹka móva)

Adjective

Rusyn (comparative more Rusyn, superlative most Rusyn)

1. Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

Related terms

• Ruthenian
• Carpathian Ruthenia
• Carpatho-Rusyn
• Rus
• Russian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language

• Belarusian: русі́нскі (rusínski)
• Carpathian Rusyn: руси́ньскый (rusýnʹskŷj)
• German: rusinisch, rusniakisch
• Polish: rusiński (pl)
• Russian: руси́нский (ru) (rusínskij)
• Spanish: rusino
• Ukrainian: руси́нський (rusýnsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• nursy