Rusyn
/ˈruːsɪn/
Rusyn noun: a member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
Noun
Rusyn (plural Rusyns)
- A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
- An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.
Proper noun
Rusyn
- The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.
Adjective
Rusyn (comparative more Rusyn, superlative most Rusyn)
- Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.
Forms of Rusyn
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Rusyns |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Rusyn |
| superlative | most Rusyn |
Origin of Rusyn
From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
Words formed from Rusyn
Questions about Rusyn
- What does Rusyn mean?
- Rusyn means a member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
- What part of speech is Rusyn?
- Rusyn can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Rusyn?
- Rusyn is pronounced /ˈruːsɪn/.
- What is the plural of Rusyn?
- The plural of Rusyn is Rusyns.
Words near Rusyn in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Rusyn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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