Rusyn Definition

noun
Member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
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(archaic) Ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.

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pronoun

East Slavic language (Ukrainian dialect) spoken by Rusyns.

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adjective
Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.
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Other Word Forms of Rusyn

Noun

Singular:
rusyn
Plural:
rusyns

Origin of Rusyn

  • From Rusyn русин (rúsyn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rus’, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.

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