рижанинъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• риженинъ (riženin), рыжанинъ (ryžanin)

Etymology

Рига (Riha) +‎ -ꙗнинъ (-janin).

Noun

рижанинъ • (rižanin) m pers (genitive рижанина, nominative plural рижане)

1. Rigan (an inhabitant of Riga) [from 14th c.]

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “рижанинъ, риженинъ, рыжанинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 104