рускїй

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ру́сскїй (rússkij)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic русьскъ (rusĭskŭ). 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 ѧзы́къ ― rúskij jazýk ― Ruthenian 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 (hard, velar)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		рускїй, рускый ruskij, ruskyj	рускоє ruskoje	рускаꙗ ruskaja	рускїѣ ruskijě
genitive		руского ruskoho		рускоѣ ruskojě	рускихъ, рускыхъ ruskix, ruskyx
dative		рускому ruskomu		руской ruskoj	рускимъ, рускымъ ruskim, ruskym
accusative	animate	руского ruskoho	рускоє ruskoje	рускую ruskuju	рускихъ, рускыхъ ruskix, ruskyx
	inanimate	рускїй, рускый ruskij, ruskyj			рускїѣ ruskijě
instrumental		рускимъ, рускымъ ruskim, ruskym		рускою ruskoju	рускими, рускыми ruskimi, ruskymi
locative		рускомъ ruskom		руской ruskoj	рускихъ, рускыхъ ruskix, ruskyx
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short form		рускъ rusk	руско rusko	руска ruska	руски, рускы ruski, rusky

Related terms

• русакъ (rusak)
• русинъ (rusin)
• руска (ruska)
• русовый (rusovyj)
• Русь (Rusʹ)
• русь (rusʹ)

 

• 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.)
  • Pannonian Rusyn: руски (ruski)
  • Slovak: ruský
• →? Old Polish: ruski (15ᵗʰ c.)
  • Polish: ruski

Noun

ру́скїй • (rúskij) m (feminine ру́ска)

1. Rusyn; a Ruthenian, native or inhabitant of Ruthenia

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.], Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 146