русьскъ
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
The main deviations:
- the оу digraph or simply у: роусьскъ (rusĭskŭ), рꙋсьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
- double or single с: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русскъ (russkŭ), руськъ (rusĭkŭ)
- the absence or presence of the yer: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русскъ (russkŭ), рускъ (ruskŭ), руськъ (rusĭkŭ)
- the ъ or ь: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ), русьскь (rusĭskĭ)
Etymology
From Русь (Rusĭ) + -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ).
Adjective
русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
- Rusian (from or related to Kievan Rus)
Declension
Declension of русьскъ (hard o-stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | русьскъ rusĭskŭ | русьска rusĭska | русьсци rusĭsci |
| Accusative | русьскъ rusĭskŭ | русьска rusĭska | русьскꙑ rusĭsky |
| Genitive | русьска rusĭska | русьскоу rusĭsku | русьскъ rusĭskŭ |
| Locative | русьсцѣ rusĭscě | русьскоу rusĭsku | русьсцѣхъ rusĭscěxŭ |
| Dative | русьскоу rusĭsku | русьскома rusĭskoma | русьскомъ rusĭskomŭ |
| Instrumental | русьскомь rusĭskomĭ | русьскома rusĭskoma | русьскꙑ rusĭsky |
| Vocative | русьсче rusĭsče | русьска rusĭska | русьсци rusĭsci |
Derived terms
- Русьскаꙗ землꙗ (Rusĭskaja zemlja, “Rus, lit.: land of the Rus”)
- русьскꙑи человѣкъ (rusĭskyj čelověkŭ, “a man of Rus; also a follower of the Eastern Orthodox Church”)
- русьскꙑи люди (rusĭskyj ljudi, “people of Rus”)
- русьскꙑи народъ (rusĭskyj narodŭ, “nation of the Rus”)
Descendants
- Belarusian: ру́скі (rúski)
- Russian: ру́сский (rússkij)
- Rusyn: ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj)
- Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj)