русьскъ
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
The main deviations:
- the оу digraph or simply у: роусьскъ (rusĭskŭ), рꙋсьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
- double or single с: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русскъ (russkŭ), руськъ (rusĭkŭ)
- the absence or presence of the yer: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русскъ (russkŭ), рускъ (ruskŭ), руськъ (rusĭkŭ)
- the ъ or ь: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русьскь (rusĭskĭ)
Etymology
From Русь (Rusĭ) + -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ).
Adjective
русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
- Rusian (from or related to Kievan Rus)
Declension
Declension of русьскъ (o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | русьскрусьсцъ rusĭskrusĭscŭ |
русьскрусьсца rusĭskrusĭsca |
русьскрусьсци rusĭskrusĭsci |
| genitive | русьскрусьсца rusĭskrusĭsca |
русьскрусьсцоу rusĭskrusĭscu |
русьскрусьсцъ rusĭskrusĭscŭ |
| dative | русьскрусьсцоу rusĭskrusĭscu |
русьскрусьсцома rusĭskrusĭscoma |
русьскрусьсцомъ rusĭskrusĭscomŭ |
| accusative | русьскрусьсцъ rusĭskrusĭscŭ |
русьскрусьсца rusĭskrusĭsca |
русьскрусьсцꙑ rusĭskrusĭscy |
| instrumental | русьскрусьсцомъ rusĭskrusĭscomŭ |
русьскрусьсцома rusĭskrusĭscoma |
русьскрусьсцꙑ rusĭskrusĭscy |
| locative | русьскрусьсцѣ rusĭskrusĭscě |
русьскрусьсцоу rusĭskrusĭscu |
русьскрусьсцѣхъ rusĭskrusĭscěxŭ |
| vocative | русьскрусьсце rusĭskrusĭsce |
русьскрусьсца rusĭskrusĭsca |
русьскрусьсци rusĭskrusĭsci |
Derived terms
- Русьскаꙗ землꙗ (Rusĭskaja zemlja, “Rus, lit.: land of the Rus”)
- русьскꙑи человѣкъ (rusĭskyi čelověkŭ, “a man of Rus; also a follower of the Eastern Orthodox Church”)
- русьскꙑи люди (rusĭskyi ljudi, “people of Rus”)
- русьскꙑи народъ (rusĭskyi narodŭ, “nation of the Rus”)