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old ruthenian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
old ruthe-ni-an
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A descendant of the Old East Slavic language, a language used in the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Cossack state, ancestor of Belarusian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian. It contrasts with the Middle Russian language or early modern Russian language of Muscovy.

adj

Of or related to Old Ruthenia.

Phrases

Old East Slavic

Frequently Paired Words

Old East Slavic

Synonyms

Ruthenian, Middle Ukrainian (Ukrainian perspective), Middle Belarusian (Belarusian perspective), West Russian

Questions

What does old ruthenian mean?
A descendant of the Old East Slavic language, a language used in the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Cossack state, ancestor of Belarusian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian. It contrasts with the Middle Russian language or early modern Russian language of Muscovy.

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