Ruthenian

See also: ruthenian

English

Etymology

From Ruthenia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːniən

Noun

Ruthenian (plural Ruthenians)

A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia; a Ukrainian, a Belarusian, usually in a historical context.

Translations

person from the Rus people — see also Rusyn

Pannonian Rusyn: Руснак m (Rusnak), Рускиня f (Ruskinja) (Rusyn, modern context)
Polish: Rusin (pl) m (plural "Ruś"), Rusnak m (archaic), Ruśniak m (archaic), Rusak m (obsolete)

Ruthenian person from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Proper noun

Ruthenian

Any of various languages historically spoken in Ruthenia; also known as Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian and Rusian, any Old East Slavic descendant, which is different from Russian, Great Russian or "East Russian"

Translations

historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia — see also Rusyn

Belarusian: заходнеру́скі (zaxodnjerúski), рутэ́нскі (ruténski) (exonym)
French: ruthènien
German: Ruthenisch n
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: западьнорусьскъ (zapadĭnorusĭskŭ)
Polish: ruski (pl)
Russian: западнору́сский (ru) (zapadnorússkij), руте́нский (ruténskij) (exonym)
Ukrainian: західнору́ський (zaxidnorúsʹkyj), руте́нський (ruténsʹkyj) (exonym)

historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus

Belarusian: старабелару́скі (starabjelarúski), старажытнабелару́скі (staražytnabjelarúski)
Russian: древнебелору́сский (drevnebelorússkij)
Ukrainian: давньобілору́ський (davnʹobilorúsʹkyj)

historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine

Belarusian: стараўкраі́нскі (staraŭkraínski), старажытнаўкраі́нскі (staražytnaŭkraínski)
Russian: древнеукраи́нский (drevneukraínskij)
Ukrainian: давньоукраї́нський (davnʹoukrajínsʹkyj)

Old East Slavic — see Old East Slavic

related to the Rus (people) or from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus — see Rusian

Adjective

Ruthenian (comparative more Ruthenian, superlative most Ruthenian)

Of or related to Ruthenia.

Synonyms

Translations

of or related to Ruthenia

Belarusian: заходнеру́скі (zaxodnjerúski), рутэ́нскі (ruténski) (exonym)
Catalan: rutè
French: ruthènien
German: ruthenisch
Italian: ruteno
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: западьнорусьскъ (zapadĭnorusĭskŭ)
Russian: западнору́сский (ru) (zapadnorússkij), руте́нский (ruténskij)
Spanish: ruteno
Ukrainian: західнору́ський (zaxidnorúsʹkyj), руте́нський (ruténsʹkyj) (exonym)

Anagrams

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