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Rusian

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

related to the Rus (people)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus

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Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 3

Old East Slavic.

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History

Etymology

From Rus + -ian, by analogy with Russian.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ру́скі (rúski) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Belarusian: старажытнару́скі (staražytnarúski) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Bulgarian: ру́ски (rúski) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Bulgarian: старору́ски (starorúski) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Czech: ruský — related to the Rus (people)
  • Czech: staroruský — related to the Rus (people)
  • French: ruthénien — related to the Rus (people)
  • German: ruthenisch — related to the Rus (people)
  • German: russisch — related to the Rus (people)
  • German: altrussisch — related to the Rus (people)
  • Church Slavic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Old East Slavic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Polish: ruski — related to the Rus (people)
  • Polish: staroruski — related to the Rus (people)
  • Russian: ру́сский (rússkij) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Russian: древнеру́сский (drevnerússkij) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Ukrainian: давньору́ський (davnʹorúsʹkyj) — related to the Rus (people)
  • Belarusian: ру́скі (rúski) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Bulgarian: ру́ски (rúski) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Church Slavic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Old East Slavic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Polish: ruski — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Russian: ру́сский (rússkij) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj) — from or related to the medieval state of Kievan Rus