Petcheneg
Petcheneg is the alternative form of Pecheneg.
Meaning of Pecheneg
Noun
Pecheneg (plural Pechenegs)
- A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe.
- The Pechenegs had already ceased to be a major threat by the time Kievan Rus’ converted to Christianity in 988, and most references to them in the chronicle are in the period before this, earlier in the tenth century.1987, Charles J. Halperin, Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History, Indiana University Press, page 13
Forms of Petcheneg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Petchenegs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Petcheneg |
| superlative | most Petcheneg |
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- Petcheneg is the alternative form of Pecheneg.
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