Рускиня

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ру̏скиња / Rȕskinja (“female Russian”). By surface analysis, руски (ruski) +‎ -иня (-inja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rusˈkiɲa]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Hyphenation: Рус‧ки‧ня

Noun

Рускиня (Ruskinja) f (related adjective руски or руснацки)

1. female equivalent of Руснак (Rusnak): female Pannonian Rusyn

   Synonyms: (rare) Русинка (Rusinka), (rare) Русначка (Rusnačka)

2. (colloquial) female Russian

   Synonym: Русиянка (Rusijanka)

Declension

Declension of Рускиня

	singular	plural
nominative	Рускиня Ruskinja	Рускинї Ruskinji
genitive	Рускинї Ruskinji	Рускиньох Ruskinʹox
dative	Рускинї Ruskinji	Рускиньом Ruskinʹom
accusative	Рускиню Ruskinju	Рускинї Ruskinji
instrumental	Рускиню Ruskinju	Рускинями Ruskinjami
locative	Рускинї Ruskinji	Рускиньох Ruskinʹox
vocative	Рускиньо Ruskinʹo	Рускинї Ruskinji

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997) “Русинка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 448
• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Рускиня”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “Ruthenian”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 260