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rusyn

/ˈruːsɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
rusyn
IPA
/ˈruːsɪn/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.

noun

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.

Archaic

name

The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: руси́н, Русь

Usage

Inflected Forms

Rusyns (plural) more Rusyn (comparative) most Rusyn (superlative)

Phrases

Carpathian Rusyn Yugoslav Rusyn Pannonian Rusyn Wiktionary’s coverage of Carpathian Rusyn terms Wiktionary’s coverage of Pannonian Rusyn terms Carpathian Ruthenia Carpatho-Rusyn

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

How do you pronounce rusyn?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈruːsɪn/.
What does rusyn mean?
A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
Where does rusyn come from?
From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.

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