рижанинъ
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- риженинъ (riženin), рыжанинъ (ryžanin)
Etymology
Рига (Riha) + -ꙗнинъ (-janin).
Noun
рижанинъ • (rižanin) m pers (genitive рижанина, nominative plural рижане)
- Rigan (an inhabitant of Riga) [from 14th c.]
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “рижанинъ, риженинъ, рыжанинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 104