кїꙗнинъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• кїѣ́нинъ (kijě́nin)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙑꙗнинъ (kyjaninŭ). Cognate with Old Novgorodian кꙑꙗнине (kyjanine).

Noun

кїꙗ́нинъ • (kijánin) m pers

1. Kyivan, Kyivite (resident of Kyiv and nearby lands)

   Synonyms: кїєвлꙗнинъ (kijevljanin), кїєвецъ (kijevecʹ)

Related terms

adjective

• кїєвскїй (kijevskij)

 

nouns

• кїєвецъ m (kijevecʹ)
• кїєвлꙗнинъ m (kijevljanin)
• Кїєвъ m (Kijev)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: кія́нін (kijánin)
• Ukrainian: кия́нин (kyjányn)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “киянинъ, киенинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 96