starostynskyi

• starostynsky, starostynsʹkyj

Transliteration of Ukrainian старости́нський (starostýnsʹkyj), a relational adjective from ста́роста (stárosta, “starosta”).

• enPR: stăʀôstĭnʹskĭy, stärŏstĭnʹski, IPA^(key): /starɔːˈstɪnskɪj/, /stɑːɹɒsˈtɪnski/

starostynskyi (not comparable)

1. (rare) Belonging to or administered by a starosta or starosty.
   • 1984, Микóла Льво́вич Фреїшин-Чирóвський [Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky], “The political structure and the government of the Lithuanian-Rusʹ Commonwealth” (chapter two, pages 37–57), in The Lithuanian-Rusʹ Commonwealth, the Polish Domination and the Cossack-Hetman State (An Introduction to Ukrainian History; volume II), New York: Philosophical Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, The Judiciary (pages 51–54), page 53:

     The courts of elders, starostynsky, were the earliest, as has been mentioned. They were competent to hear cases of servitude princes, boyars and minor nobility, and held sessions in the towns and castles, and in the residencies of the starosty. With the creation of the office of the voyevoda, governor, these officials, subordinate to the elders, began to preside over the starostynsky courts, along with the starosty, while the derzhavtsi, the holders, were called to judge in business and economic matters.

   • 2004, Ната́лія Є́мець [Natalia Jemetz], transl., edited by Dennis Soltys, The Ukrainian City in the XV to mid-XVII Centuries: Traditions and legal customs as a historical source — a historical monograph, Toronto: The Basilian Press, translation of Українське місто від XV до середини XVII ст. Звичаєво-правова атрибутика як історичне джерело. Історична монографія [Ukrajinsʹke misto vid XV do seredyny XVII st. Zvyčajevo-pravova atrybutyka jak istoryčne džerelo. Istoryčna monohrafija] by Васи́ль Петро́вич Ма́рочкін [Vasyl P. Marochkin] (in Ukrainian), →ISBN, page 47:

     Obviously the matter was investigated in the magistrate’s court, and, evincing controversy, was passed on to the starostynsʹkyj court, as to a higher authority.

   • 2024 November, Danish Refugee Council, “Civil status, access to remedies and justice” (pages 16–18), in DRC Quarterly Protection Monitoring Report: Ukraine (July–September 2024), page 16:

     Access to social and administrative services can be facilitated through local authorities at the starostynskyi okruh level, which helps residents obtain the necessary services without traveling to distant locations.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:starostynskyi.