English Explanatory Dictionary

Rusyn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
  2. An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.
name
  1. The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

Pronunciation

/ˈruːsɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Rusyn.wav

Word forms

Rusyn Rusyns more Rusyn most Rusyn

Etymology

From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Carpathian Rusyn terms Wiktionary’s coverage of Pannonian Rusyn terms Ruthenian Carpathian Ruthenia Carpatho-Rusyn Rus Russian

Derived words

Carpathian Rusyn Yugoslav Rusyn Pannonian Rusyn
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