Руснак

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

By surface analysis, Русин (Rusin) +‎ -ак (-ak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrusnak]
• Rhymes: -usnak
• Hyphenation: Рус‧нак

Noun

Руснак (Rusnak) m pers (related adjective руски or руснацки)

1. male Pannonian Rusyn

   Synonym: (rare) Русин (Rusin)

   Coordinate term: Рускиня f (Ruskinja)

2. (in the plural, collective) Pannonian Rusyns
3. (obsolete) male Russian

   Synonym: Рус (Rus)

Declension

Declension of Руснак

	singular	plural
nominative	Руснак Rusnak	Руснаци Rusnaci
genitive	Руснака Rusnaka	Руснакох Rusnakox
dative	Руснакови Rusnakovi	Руснаком Rusnakom
accusative	Руснака Rusnaka	Руснакох Rusnakox
instrumental	Руснаком Rusnakom	Руснаками Rusnakami
locative	Руснакови Rusnakovi	Руснакох Rusnakox
vocative	Руснак Rusnak	Руснаци Rusnaci

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997), "Русин", in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbian), Vol. 2, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 448
• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Руснак”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “Ruthenian”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 260