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Old Ruthenian
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English
Ruthenian language
Proper noun
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Old Ruthenian
en historical 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.
en Ruthenian, Middle Ukrainian (Ukrainian perspective), Middle Belarusian (Belarusian perspective), West Russian (chiefly Russian perspective)
Adjective
Old Ruthenian -
Of or related to Old Ruthenia.
Usage notes
Not all resources agree on the more detailed separation between Old East Slavic and descendant languages.
Translations
of or related to Old Ruthenia
Belarusian: be заходнеру́скі
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu ꙁападьнороусьскъ
Russian: ru западнору́сский
Ukrainian: uk західнору́ський
See also
Old East Slavic
en Languages