Рускиня
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ру̏скиња / Rȕskinja (“female Russian”). By surface analysis, руски (ruski) + -иня (-inja) or Рус (Rus) + -киня (-kinja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rusˈkiɲa]
- Rhymes: -iɲa
- Hyphenation: Рус‧ки‧ня
Noun
Рускиня (Ruskinja) f (related adjective руски or руснацки)
- female equivalent of Руснак (Rusnak): female Pannonian Rusyn
- Synonyms: (rare) Русинка (Rusinka), (rare) Русначка (Rusnačka)
- (colloquial) female Russian
- Synonym: Русиянка (Rusijanka)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Рускиня (Ruskinja) | Рускинї (Ruskinji) |
| genitive | Рускинї (Ruskinji) | Рускиньох (Ruskinʹox) |
| dative | Рускинї (Ruskinji) | Рускиньом (Ruskinʹom) |
| accusative | Рускиню (Ruskinju) | Рускинї (Ruskinji) |
| instrumental | Рускиню (Ruskinju) | Рускинями (Ruskinjami) |
| locative | Рускинї (Ruskinji) | Рускиньох (Ruskinʹox) |
| vocative | Рускиньо (Ruskinʹo) | Рускинї (Ruskinji) |
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1995–1997) “Русинка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 448
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Рускиня”, 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