Rusian

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    related to the Rus (people) not-comparable
  2. 2
    from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus not-comparable

    "And finally, in keeping with the argument e silentio, one would be forced to conclude that the entire branch P of the Paterik Skitskij is of Rusian origin, i.e. that its chapters A–1 and B–G were added in Rusian translation to the body of chapters 2–22 and H–J transmitted in South Slavic manuscripts, so that the syntax, lexicon and morphology of the Story of the Merciful Nestor should be evaluated as Rusian."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Old East Slavic.

Example

More examples

"And finally, in keeping with the argument e silentio, one would be forced to conclude that the entire branch P of the Paterik Skitskij is of Rusian origin, i.e. that its chapters A–1 and B–G were added in Rusian translation to the body of chapters 2–22 and H–J transmitted in South Slavic manuscripts, so that the syntax, lexicon and morphology of the Story of the Merciful Nestor should be evaluated as Rusian."

Etymology

From Rus + -ian, by analogy with Russian.

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